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THE PRESIDENT'S 

TOUR. 

A COLLECTION OF ADDRESSES ' - 



MADE TO 

JAMES MUNROE, Es(^. ^"^"^^ 

PRESIDKYT OF THE UXITED STATES, 

ON HIS tOU'fi TUROUGH T II Ej^'OR T H ER N AND 
MIDDLLE STAES, i^, D. l8ir, * 

ACCOMPANIED WITH 

ANSWERS FROM THE PRESIDENT j 
To ivhich is prcjixcd 

A BYOGRArHICAL^KETCH 

OF THE PRESIDEjYT OF THE UXITED . 

STATES. 

•' rRlSClPIA KOV HOMINES.^* 

Selected and arranired 
Bv RICHARD RADCLIFFE. 



NEW-IPSWICH, .V./T- 

PRLNTEP BY SALMOiN WILD 
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P R F J C E. 

The following Addresses and Answers occa- 
sioned by the Tour of J. Munroe, Esq. President 
of the United States, made in the year 1817, 
are presented to the public without any aider 
cmbelishment which might be derived from a 
relation of the particular incidents, " the pomp 
and circumstance,*' attending that event. 

Indeed, a work of sufficient magnitude to con- 
tain a detail of the preparations^ receptions^ and 
entertainments o[ OUT Chief Magistrate, in all the 
towns, villages, and cities through which he 
passed, in making his tour ; would far exceed our 
limits and could neither be useful or entertain- 
ing. 

The Addresses and Answers are however, in 
a few instances, introduced with a brief account 
of the manner in which the President was re- 
ceived : otherwise they are inserted as originally 
published without any addition whatever; and 
considering the hurry and bustle in which they 
were made, they will be found to contain, a 
nervous, perspicuous, and dignitied style, and an 
elevation of sentiment which are seldom to be 
met with, and which might render them excel- 
lent models of imitation for similar production*. 



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Tlioy rxhlbit tl.ronghout, a spirit of mutual 
accommodation among the political parties of 
thai, period, uith a generous competition in civ- 
ility and politeness, as well as the object of un- 
dertaking a SERVICE 550 HOvcl in the annals of the 
REPURr.ic, and the able and distinguished manner 

in whicli it wa? performed. 



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A Bio^^rapliical sketch cf James jhm- ^cg'^- 
reeJ^Esq. President of the Unite J 
States, - - 9 

Some of the principal places visited by 
Mr. 3Iiinroe in his Tour ; tog'cthcr 
with thcMi' courses and distances from 
"VVasIiingtcn, - ' ^2 

The President's Tour, lo 

Address of the Mayor and City Council 
of P>altimore, to the President of the 
United States, - 15 

Answer of the President lo the Mayor 

and City Council of Paltimore. 17 

Address of the Pennsylvania Cincinnati, 
to James Munroe, President of the 
United States, - 18 

The President's answer to tlie Mem- 
bers of the Pennsylvania Cincinnati 
of PJiihideiphia, - 19 

TJ'he Address of Mr. Burrill, charirn^an 
of the Committee of arrangemenld 
at Providence, R. 1. - 19 

IMic President's answer to the Com- 
mittee of the town of Providence, 21 

Address to the Prtsident of the United 
States from the Committee of the 
inhabitants of Springfield, Mass. 22 

Address of the Hon. Mr. Bartlett in be- 
half of the citizens of the town of 
Ciiarlestown, Mass. - 23 

The President's reply, - .23' 

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-The President's entrance into the town Pagf' 

of Boston, - - 21 

}Ai\ Bulfmch's address in behalf of the 
Committee of the town of Boston, 
to the President of the United States, 26' 

The President's answer, - 'iO 

Address of Col. Tudor in behalf of the 
Cincinnati of Massachusetts, lo the 
President of the United Stales, 30 

Answer of the President lo the address 

of tiie Cineinnati of Massachusetts, 31 

Address to the i^resident of the United 
States by John T. Kirldand, Presi- 
dent of the University in Cambridge, 3'7 

Answer of the President to the Address 
of the Corporation of Harvard Uni- 
versity, - - 3j 

Address delivered to the President on 
the 4th of July, at Boston, by a Com- 
mittee of the Legislature of Mass. 36 

Answer cf ihc President to the Legisla- 
tive Committee of J^Lassachusetts, at 
oston, - - ^-^ 

Lynn address, read and presented to the 
President by the Chairman of the 
Committee of arrangements. - 40 

The President's repl}', to Lynn ad- 
dress. 

The President's reception ut Portland, 42 

Ad(h-ess to the President delivered by 

r\lr. Adams, - - , '^^ 

Address of the Clergy of the town of 
Poriland and its vicinity, to the Presi- 
dent of the United States, - 41 

The President's answer to theClergy of 
tU<J ty>vu t;lToi.'Ui^uu aiid it^ vicinity, 45 



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Address of the Delegations from the Page 
towns of Bath, VViscasset, Brunswich, 
and Topsham, to the President, 45 

Address to the President by the inhabi- 
tants of Wl3C'a3Set, - 47 

Address to the President of the United 
States by the citizens of Brunswich 
and Topshanj, - 48 

The President's reply to the Commit- 
tees cf the towns of Bath, Wiscasset, 
Brunswich, and Topsham, 49 

Address by tlie inhabilanls ofKenne- 

bii'ik, - » 50 

Answer bv the President, - 51 

Address of the citizens of Newburvport 

to the President of the Lnitcd States, 53 

Tlie President's answer, to the citizens 

of Newburyport, - 54 

Address of Mr. lioimes in behalf of the 

citizens of Kittery, - 55 

Answer of the President to the inhabi- 
tants cf Kittery, - 57^ 

Answer of iiie President to the inhab- 
itants of Concord, -. 57 

Address cf the iion. Mr. Mason in behalf 

of the citizens of Portsmouth, 53 

President's anwer to the Committee of 

the town of Portsmouth, - 60 

Address of theExocutive of New-Hamp- 
shire to the President of the U. S* 61 

Address of tne Committees of the towns 
of Hanover, Lime, Lebanon, Nor- 
wich and Dartmouth Village, to the 
President of the United States, 63 

The President's answer to the citizens 

of Hanover, - - 65 



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Atldross ib the President of the United Pcrre, 
States from the young- ladies of the 
'•• Whidsor Female Academy."' CG 

Answer hy tlie Pnsident, - 6*/ 

Addres.5 of Mr. Durliam, in behalf of 
the Committee of arrangements, for 
receiving- the President at \Vind:-or, G7 

Answer 1)y th,* Pre.^idont, - 69 

.\d(h'ess of tlie citizens of Burlington, 

Vt. to the President of the U. S. 70 

The President's Reply, - 70 

The President's arrival at Plaltshurs:, 72 

'^^riie President's arrival at Washington, 72 

Address of Gen. J. C. V^m Kess, in be- 
half of the citizens of Washington, 73 
Address hy Pk njamin G. Orr, Esq. May- 
or of the city of Wa-hington. present- 
ed in behalf of the city, on the Presi- 
dent's return, - •- 74 
Ph:^ Presiflent's reply to the Mayor, 
Jicard of Aldermen, and Board of 
Gomnion Council of the City of \V;>sh- 
xngton, - -* - 75 



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A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 
€,J James Munuoe, E>q. President of the United 

States. 

Ha appears to bs batween fifty and sWty 
years of age, with a form above the m-ddle 
21Z.', compact, mnscilar, and indie iting a consti- 
tution of' considerable har:liness and vigor ; hi.=^ 
countenance exhibits lineaments of great severi- 
ty. & seems as if it had been seldom irradiated by 
the rays of joy, or softenod by the touch of sensi- 
bility ; he does smile, however, but not like 
■Shakespear's Cassius. ^ 

•' in such a sort, 

As if he marked himself and scorned his spirit, 
That could be moved to smile at any thing- *' 

At these moments tlieie is a benignity and 
suavity in him, that invite confidence and repel 
suspicion. He is rather awkward in h-s address- 
es for a man who has mingled so much in [jolite 
society, and his manners and hai)iiiments arc 
more those of a plain country giuitlcmin, than 
an accomplished statesman and a profound poli- 
tician. 

Mr. Munroe is attached to what was once de- 
nominated the Repuijiican party ; for at present 
all party distinctions seem to be lost and the par- 
ties themselves wh'^liy amalganated. 

In his political career, he has manifested th(^ 
most unimpeachable and unbending integrity, and 
though long before the public, has never failed 
to meet the expectations and gratify tlie wishes 
of the people. 

That he possesses ambition will not be denied ,' 
but his ambition is limited to the attainment of 
cxccUenoe and di^tinctioa withiu the bounds of 

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patriotism and honor. If he has met the un- 
bending sternness of a Cato, he has the more 
pleasing and benignant integrity of Fabricius. 
Mr. Munroe rntered early into public life, and 
has performed the various duties of a soldier, a 
politician, and a statesman. His mind has been 
accustomed to dwell on the nature of govern- 
ments and the revolutions of Europe ; subjects 
so vast produce a correspondent enlargement of 
intellect and sweep of comprehension. The 
mind which is occupied in trifles will not be apt 
to amaze by its greatness, or astonish by its mag- 
nificence ; it may glitter, but will never blaze. 
The peculiar character and mngnitude of Mr. 
Munroe's pursuits have withheld his attention 
from the minor and less important subjects of 
literature, and he is very far from what we call 
a man of reading, or general science. The 
knowledge he possesses has been acquired more 
by personal observation, laborious reflection, and 
frequent conversation, than by repeated perusals 
ofbooks, to which his occupations would not 
permit him to devote his time: Bathe has ex- 
amined and re-examined that knowledgf;, 'till it 
basin fact become his own; recreated by com- 
Mnation, establ'shed by practice, and tested by 
experience. It is said his mind is not rich nor 
brilliant, but capable o^the most liborious analy- 
sis and the most patient research, not hasty in its 
decisions, and not easily changed when its decis- 
ions are formed. Judgment appears to be his 
prominent intellective feature, and in the exam- 
ination of an object, he srddom suffers it to be 
darkened by ])rejudice, or warped by passion. 

Mr. Munroe, since his elevation to the Presi- 
dential chair, is said to have discovered much 
-sagTci^.y, in the selection of his cabinet council, 
or executive ofiicers. 



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These are t"he Secretary of State, War,Treaii-. 
urj. Navy, and Attorney General. 

The following is given as the true account of 
the dates, at which President Munroe appears in 
the history of our country. 

Born in Virginia, A. D. 1759, he was in the 
srmy A. D. 1776, and was wounded in the battle 
of Trenton Dec. 26, 1776. — He then received a 
captain's commission from Gen. Washington, — 
was aid to Gen. Lord Sterling, and was afterwards 
Col. of a Regiment. In 1782 he was a member iu 
the Legislature of Virginia and in 1783 a m^in- 
ber of the old Congress. In 1787 he was ag^ain 
in the Legislature of Virginia, a-,- in the con- 

..„*w. *«tiuea ine Constitution. In 

1790 he was Senator of the United States. In 
1794 he was Minister of the United States in 
France, and upon his return was chosen Govern- 
or of Virginia and continued in the oflice as ion^ 
as the Constitution of ihc State wculd aliow. In 
1802 he was sent by President Jeffei sen to 
France, on the negotiation for Louisiana. In 18C3 
he was appointed Minister to G. Lrilain, and in 
1805 he went on a special mission to Madrid. On 
his return he was a^-ain chosen a member of Ibe 
Legislature in Virginia, an I m U:Ik) Govertior 
of the State. In 1811 he was made Secrrlary 
of State, and in 1814 was also Secretary of War. 
He is now President of the United States, hold- 
ing the highest honor the Amoncun people cao 
bestow. 



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The foil onnng ere some of the principal places viS' 
iied by Mr. AlunroQ in his Tour ; together ixiih 
their courses and distances jj-om JVasnivgicn. 

AT Hnnover, N. H. the President met with 
the willow of the iate President Wheelcck, at 
the house of President Alien. She was the lady 
who forty years aj^o, after the battle of Trenton, 
dressed the wound of then Lieut. Munroe. The 
1 resident did not recognize her at first, but •' as 
remembrance arose," the interview became pc- 
^.uiiarly aftecting to the two principal individ- 
uals, aT».'i highly interesting to the large circle 
cf Ladies and Gentlemen present. The visit of 
the President broi'^'t ti-fcxtlier three perscoi,^. 
connected with the village who have not spoken 
together for years. At Enfield N. LL he visited 
the Shaking communit}^, or Shaking Quakers ; 
he was received with simplicity which disthi- 
guisbcE tlrat sect. ' The Elder came forth from 
the principal house in the settlement, and ad- 
dressed the President as follows. " I Joseph 
Goodrich welcome James J^lunroe to our habita- 
tion.'" The President examined the institutioa 
and their manuf^^.ctures, was also welcomed bf 
the ^omen, and having remained about an hcur 
he retired very much jdcased with hs visit. On 
the President's return from Portland, Me. he ar- 
rived at 8 A. M. at t'le rural seat of the lien. 
George Thacher, in Biddcford, where many of 
our citizens assembled to meet h*m. Ameng them 
was Deacon Chase of Snco, a?ed 99 vears. When 
introduced, he said : " he had almost completed 
his century, and had rode three miles 1o see and 
lake by the hand the President of the United 
States, the first officer of the nation, requ^rin.af- 
jiw ulhcr guard thau the affections of a free aud 



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hnpr)y p«r>ple, delighted to honor the mnn of 
their choice, may God bless you, and direct you 
by his wisJoni and counsel in the grent and ar- 
duous duties ofyoiir exalted station, may you be 
thi means, in the hand of God, of uniting all in 
exertions for the best good of our common 
country, an i I'^ng be continued a rich blessing to 
th s people : and like Joshua of old, lead them to 
virtue, honor, and glor}'/' To tnc appearance 
of the patriarch was added that of a man bein^ 
acquainted with tlie w^orid and its customs, 
in hiS blessmgs he appealed to our Creator in 
strains of eloquence an 1 feeling almost b*>yond 
our conception ; the feelings of every one pres- 
ent were stro ^.gly affected, and not the least 
80 were those oiihe iliustr.ous guest. 

Distances from Washington. 
Baltimore distant from Washington 43 miles- 
Boston, iVIass. distant from Washmgton 431 m. 
C. N. E. Portland, Me. distant from Washing- 
ton 603 m. C. N. E. Portsmouth, N. H. dis- 
tant from Washington 545 m. C. E. N. E. 
Providence, R. 1. distant from Washington 439 
m. C. N. E. B. E. Windsor, Vt. distant from. 
Washington 523 m. C. N. N. E. N.York distant 
from Washington 242 m. C. N. E. B. E. Phila- 
delphia distant from Washington 14G m. C. N. E. 

B. E. Detroit uiaiant from Waahin^-ton 818 m. 

C. N. W. "" 



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THE PRES!DEx\T'S TOUR. 



THE President of the U. States left Washing- 
ton M:ty 21 1817" and arrived at Baltimore 
at 2, P. M. the next day, on his Tour througn the 
Ki)rth and Middle States. 

He WHS escorted into Baltimore by the 1st 
Baltimore Hussars, accompanied by tv^ohimdied 
citizens on horseback ; after dinner he attended 
DiMiie Service at Rev. Dr. Inglis' Presbyterian 
Church, 

On M nday following the Commander in Chief 
of the armie* of the United States. &c reviewed a 
brigade of troops, he also viewed tiie battl- ground 
Avlif re Ross fell, the tort, £cr. On his arrival at 
Baltimore, the Mayor and City Council presented 
an address to the President. 

4dclrfss cf the Mayor and City Council of Bal' 

iimore^ tcr-the I^ resident of the United States. 
Sir, 

The Mayor and the City Council of Baltimore, 
embrace with great j)leasure, this opportunity of 
personally congiatulaiing the Chief Magistrate of 
the Union on his arrival in this place. 

Your detern)ination, in the commencement of 
your Administration, to visit several of the most 
important places in the Union is auspicious of 
happy consequences ; not satisfied with previous 
knowledge or .second hand information, you are 
nnxiftus ihat on your part, nothing shall be want- 
ing to promote the public weal. 

Ihaiacity which bore so conspicuous a part 



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io the nationn! defence, shmkl first he hr^nore^ 
with the presence of ihe C hitt" ^iagi^tr;.te ol tl.c 
Unirn, i« as fiatering as it is natural ; aivj v\ e 
iiiiiccvcir ho];e, that your ('b.-.ej vation tf i tr ] o- 
jition, anu nnc'>ns of dtfeiice, m;iy enable us, be- 
r '"e inother wuv, to bifi c tfiarxe lo any enen.y. 
VVnen.. fAw vre review vour [ou^ tried, f-iithful and 
able services : ■when we con^ider tlie in- 
rrcasii.g hairnony aud concord of the United 
States, when alnr^ost universal peace leigr.s, a- 
m-nv; the nations we augur great and lasting 
hapjMiiess t ) ine United States, in giving full scope 
to ihc devt''openient ot ntv faculties in the arti 
and science^, in agriculture, manufactutes, and 
CfMunierce, and in the permanent exhibitn)n of the 
ad wantages of a form of civil and poiiticwi g'^vevn* 
ment, superi* r to any that has hitherto exi^-ted. 

'I'o our fellow-citizens it is a nmst interesting 
spectacle, to see the chief nj'gistrate of this great 
and powerful nation nrial^ing an official tour thro* 
their countt y in the sl\ le of a private citizen, 
guaided only by the respect paid to the high sta- 
tion he occupies and the affections of a virtuous 
people. We, sir, wibh you, in the sincerity of our 
hearts, a pleasant tour through the States, a hap- 
p) return to Washington, reputation and satistac- 
tion in you presidency equal to any of your prede- 
cessors ; and finally the reward of a well spent 
life in an eternal world. 

We are, with sentiments of very great respect, 
your most obedient bcrvants. 

GEO. STILES. 
Maygr of the city of BaUmQre, 



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jinswer hij the President to the Mayor and Cif^ 
Council of Baltimore. 

Fellow Citizens* 

The sentiments whicli you have communicated, 
have afforded nne great satisfaction. They are 
just, as to tlie objects advened to, and to me, they 
are generous and kimi. 

It was impossible for me to approach Baltimore 
without recoltecting, with deep interpst, the gal- 
lant conduct of her citizens in the late war, and 
the happy result attending their exertions. The 
gl >rious victory which was achievetl her?., and in 
■which her citizens bore so distinguished a part, 
at a very important epoch, not only protected 
this patriotic city, hut shed great lustv? ^^a tUSi 

^»rhei*ir,"u ijaiue. 

Experience has shown our dangers, and admon- 
ished us as to the means of averting tlicm. Con- 
gress has appointed large sums of money for the 
fortification of our coast, and inland frontier, and 
for the establishment of naval dock yards, and 
building a navy. It is proper, that these works 
should be executed with judgment, fidelity, and 
economy ; much depends, in the execution, on the 
executive, to whom extensive power is given as to 
the general arrangement, and to whom the super- 
intendance exclusively belongs. You do me jus- 
tice believing tlrat it is to enable me to dischaige 
these duties, with the best advantage to my couur 
Ir^', that I have undertaken this lour. 

Fronri the increased harmony of public opinion, 
founded on the successful career of a government, 
>vhich ha« never been equalled, and which prom- 
ises by a further <U\elfiptnient of facultie**, to aug- 
ment, in an eminent degtee, the b!est>iiigs nf this 
favored ptf-ple, 1 unite with y< u, in all the aniic- 
iprttions whirli you ha\e so jiistly suggested 

In pet foiimng serv ices, honestly anrl z'^alously 
intended for tile !)euefit of aiy fellow ciiizen><, f 
gliuli never eotertuija a djuDt of tneir j^eaerou* 



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and firm support. Incapable of any feclin.g dis- 
tinct from tiinse of a ciiizen, I can assume no 
stvlj in regard tothenn difTeient from that char- 
acter ; and it is a source of i)eculiar delight to 
me, to know, tliat while the chief magistrate of 
the United States acts fully up to this principle, 
he will require no other guard than what may be 
derived from their confidence an - affection. 

JAMES MUNROE. 
£aUimore, June 2, 18 1 7. 



Address ef the Pennsylvania Cincinnati, to 
Jamea Munroe, President of the United States. 

Embracing the occasion which your attention as 
Chief Magistrate, to the Military defences of the 
United States has afforded, it is with peculiar 
pleasure that the members of the Pennsylvania 
Society of the Cincinnati, a portion of the surviv- 
ing few who were your associates in arms durin§f 
Ahe war of the Revolution, apj)roach to renew 
their personal intercourse, and to assure yoii of 
their cordial support to the firm and iiTipHtiiai 
adnjsnistration of the government, which by com- 
biningits measures of domestic tranquility wiih 
respect of fore'ga n;itiojis, t)iey contidently an- 
ticijiate, will promote the best interests of the 
Uritted States, antl insure to our ci izens the ad- 
vantages of social h.irmony and individual hapj^i- 
ness. That you may participate tliose hles^ings, ;ii,d 
enj .y the grateful esteem of a hp|-v pcopic, is 
the sincete wish of your faithful fnends and \t^» 
pccit'ul fellow citizens. 

Sigyud by o^'der^ and by the unaniniouH voice 
of the Society. 

L. hE::^OX President. 

Ilor. BiNiJY, Sicntcry. 



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The President's answer to the Me?nbers of the 
Peiinsijlvania Cincinnati of Philadeltihia, 

Fellow Citizen*, 

In atteding to the military and naval defence 
of the United States, nothing can be more gratify- 
ing to me, than to meet the surviving members of 
my associaies in arms, who distinguis'ied them- 
selves in our revolutionary contest. i can never 
forget the dangers of that great epoch, nor be in- 
different to the merit of those who partook m 
ihem. 

To promote tranquility at home, and respect a- 
broad, by a firm and inipartidl administration, 
are among tlie highest objects of the chief magis- 
trate oftlie United State:.. 1 o acquit myself in the 
discharge of these duties, with advantage to my 
fellow citizens, will be the undeviuiii.g \l)ject of 
my zealous exettions. Their approbation will be 
the highest recompense which I can receive, 

JAMES MUNROE. 

Philadeljihiiiy June Q^ 1817. 



When the President arrived in Providence, R. I. 
the Hon. Mr. Burrill, as chairman of the com- 
mittee of arrangements of that town, presented 
to hini the following addkkss : 

To the President of the United States, 

The citizens of Providence beg leave to offer 
to you tht.ir sincere and cordial coiigratulniions 
upon your arrival in their town; with the most 
sensMjle pleasure tiiey again see among then) the 
first Magistrate of the Union, under a constitu- 
tion tlie ad )j>'ion of which they so earnestly de- 
sired, to which they are so devotedly attached, 
and from the operation of which thev have deriv- 
ed so many tidvantages ; and have the honor of 



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presenting their respectful addresses to yc^ 
wi^.hin il^.eir own nrjuicipal jurisdiction, as thc>' 
have het'ore had the salisfiiction of doing to two of 
your illubtrious predecessors. The time and cir- 
ciin\stance of your visit L;) tiiis part of the Un'led 
Slates, are such as to excite in every mind the 
most t^raiifyingand patriotic sentiments. A greut 
and free people i.i the full enjoyment of pe ice and 
good g^utrnmcnt, nn uiimwusiy bestONViug upon 
thcii'Chicrf Migistraie, in liis progiess through the 
country, t!ie uns'jng;it and s|>nutanenous expres- 
sions of thfirgood will and confitience, oilers une- 
quivocal evidence of general happiness and free* 
dm. and is a spectacle, which no country in the 
■world excepv our own can exhibit. 

The hisiory of the United States affords the 
inost consoling assur.inces th^t the attachinent of 
the pe<-ple to the i>rinciples of liberty, and to tiie 
blessir.^s of a tranquil and well f)jdered govern- 
n'lent, founded upon the will and choice of tne ma- 
jority, arises from a rational convictioti and expe- 
lieuce, and rests upon the solid foundation ot ear- 
Jy and general education, and good moral h-ibits. 

The pt oofs whicli you every where receive of 
the respect and cotific'ence of the people and of 
their reverence to our republican institutions, 
must be to your ownmind a source of the high- 
est satisfaction, a d a rich r- ward for all your 
arduous labors* in the public service. May you 
long continue to receive these revfards so gvateful 
to your bean and so honorable to your character, 
and to witness the increasing prosperity of the 
Kcpublic, to whose service, in the field and in the 
cabinet, both your youth and yonr n)aiure age 
have been so faithfully and so successtully devot- 
ed. 

We have the honor to he, v/ith the highest res- 
|;ect, iu behaU of the citizens of the tovvu of Pvqx- 



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•iclence, 5'our most obedient and very hnmble ser- 
vants. 

IVilliavi Richmondy Ju'mefi Fmnpi\ 
Oliver Eerie, Edward Carri.nglo7i, 

Richard Bullock Samuel G Arnold, 

Scc/i/ie/i I'llliug'iast^ Jtremiah li. Hojoill, 
Richard Jackijiiy Jan. CaU^b Karle, 
Thom.is /\ Ives, W lliam Church, 

James Burrill, Jan. Jjiui Cample. 



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The PrcsidcJifs Ansrwr to the Comviittee of the 
T(jj)n of Providence. 
G E >; T L E M E x , 

I receive wiili great satisficti^n tV.e addre^^s 
"whicti tlie citizens of Providence, through th^^ir 
Coin!nitiee» have !)een pleased to communicate to 
me ; the pleasure of m\ journey h.is been gie-itiy 
enhidct'd by t'le uulfoi'ir, kindness and proiiT^-i- 
tude witn wh'c'i the oojects of my visit have been 
secondt d by my teilo.v citirens. Every where in 
our county the rvfiectj-ii; mind cannot fail to ob- 
serve the blessings of a free pjovernnient. 

Living under a Constituiinn which secu-eseo^nil, 
civil, religi( lis and polit^ical rignis to all, iiisci 
great coubolutioii in administf ving it, that the peo- 
ple have formed sojust an esiiaiHie of its value, 
and from rational conviction and not from blind 
piejndices. are sincerely dev-iel to its preserva- 
tion. I hope that this just c-nndence in the sta- 
bility of our government may connnvic to increase, 
and if it docs, it cannot faii to produce the happi- 
est effects by enconragir.g a love of our country^ 
and an hoiest zeal lo pronu >te its b<.'st and perma- 
nent interests. H.ippy shall I be if my exertions 
in the public service shall be so far suceessful. shat 
the\ mav a^-^ist the ind.istry and enierprize of my 
felioyv citiseas ia r'ncreasing the ge . -r-il prosp'-ri- 

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Sftringjie^d, Mass. June 26. 07i Tuesday the 
Pre-^ident of the United Statea was escorted 
into this town by 60 gentlemen on horse- 
back ; and a line of carriages ; He alighted at 
Mennett's Jnn; nvhere the coinmittee a/ifioinfed 
for the fiurposCy presented to him the following 
A B D K E s s : 

iMay it please your Excellency, 
We wail on you as a comnHiiee iii bfhalf of the 
people of thiii, and neighboring towns, cordially to 
welcome your arrival within the limits of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Of such extent is the country over which b/ 
the voice of the people, accordingly to our excel- 
lent Constitution you are called to preside, so va- 
rious and all important are the duties of your 
high station, that but a small portion of our citi- 
zcMis could e\ er expect the honor and favor of 
personally knowing their Chief Magistrate. When 
your Excellency's intention to visit the northern 
States, during this season, and the other States of 
the Uni<ip., wliene> er your cares and arduous la- 
bors at tlieseac of Government will admit ol your 
leaving it. w;.s announced, we contemplaied it 
with pleasure, as hiving a tendency to craw still 
closer that brnd of nnic.c, which ought never to 
be broke n, (;r even lelixed, by the intrigues of 
iiojeign nations, cr the faults and follies of our 
own. 

On personally viewing the various establish- 
Tncnts mnde by the goveitiment of the Uniied 
Slates, since the adopii')n of (he Ccnstitulion, f<ir 
the security and the defence of cur countr) , we 
sincerely hope your Excellency will see nuich to 
til'P'K've : and that in this place, you will find the 
eflorts made to relieve us Irom that dependence 
on other nations, for inipienients of war. so pain- 
ful to us during cur su.i.^gle for independence, 
uot unworthy yoisf notice r^jiid approbation. 



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We ardently wish your Excellency prosper^- 
ity ill youi' j^^«'""e>'"S' peritct self-complacencv 
in vour administration of the government : and 
under the smiles of a kind Frovicience, all person- 
al blessings. 

And we are with the highest respect, your obe- 
dient servants, 

THOMAS DVVIGHT, 
ROSVVELL LEE, 
JOHN INGEHSOLL. 
SAMUEL LAlHROP, 
JOSHUA FROSr, 
SfiringJiLldyJune 2^j \%\7, 



* Committee^ 



Address of the Hon. Mr. Bartlett in behalf of 
the citizens of the toi^n of CViar/cs/ow/z, Mass, 

We have the honor, Sir, in behalf of the in- 
hribilaiits of Charlcstownj vesp'^ctfully to well- 
come you to tlie ancieju settlement, which has 
ouce fallen a sacrifice to freedom and still retain* 
some vestages of the revohuionary w^r, in which 
you engaged at an early period of life. 

We cUeerfully unite with our countrymen, iti 
the expressions of esteem and confidence to which 
your illustrious character and station entitle you; 
and we rejoice that whilst your administration 
has commenced under such auspicious circum- 
stances, we can anticipate its j)roi^rcss, with 
public approbation, and its termination with rc- 
nowli to yourself, and prosperit) to the nation. 

The Preiideni^s reply. 



It is highly gratifying to me to meet the com- 
mittee ot Charlestown, upon a theatre so inter- 
i'sting to the Unitca States. 



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It ii^ impossible to approach Bunker's hill, where 
the war of the Revolution conmienrcd, vith so 
Diiich honor to the natif)P, Vviihout being deeply 
affected. The blood s])ilt here roused the \vhole 
American peoj)le, and united them in a common 
cause in the defence of their rights ; that union 
will never be broken. 

Be jjleased to accept mv thanks for your kind 
attention en this interest irt^ occ asion. 

J.^MES AIUNROE. 



TheFreLident*s entrance into the town cf Beston^ 

At a few minutes after twelve a salute of artil- 
lery from South Boston^ announced that the 
President had arrived at the southern barrier of 
the town. The bells then struck up a merry 
pefil. 

The Committee of iirrangemcnts were at the 
barrier. The Hon, Mr. Otis, deputed from the 
Committee for the puri)ose, approached and ad^ 
dressed the President as follows : — 
Sir. 

You arc now arrived within the limits of Bos- 
-^lon, and these gentlemen are a Committee, ap- 
pointed to weliccrae your appi-oach, and escort 
you to your lodgings ; upon your arrival there 
they will avail themselves of jour permission, to 
express to you, in a more formal and and respect- 
ful mode, than can be done here, the assurances 
of the unfeigned satisfaction which the citizens 
of Boston realize in the honor you have bee,n 
pleased to confer upon them by this visit. 

The Procession then moved in the following; 

ORDER : 
Cavalry escort, under Maj. Phelps. 



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James Prince, Esq. Marshal of MasF.achnsetts. 
Maj. Geir. Crane, and Brig. Ge'ns. Guild and 
Dearborn, and suits. 
Sheriffof Bradford, of Suffolk, and deputies. 
Marshall, Hon. Mr. Oiis. Marshall. 

The President of the United States* 
Mar.vhall. Marshall. 

Gen. Swift, Mr. Mason, priv^ate Secretary. 
Col. Sumner and Commodore Perry of the suite. 
Commodore Buinbridge, Gen. Miller, with numer- 
ous other officers of the Navy fie Army of the 
United States. 
United States officers of the Civil Department. 

Col. Freeman Police officer. 
Mr. Bulfinch, Chairman and the residue of the 

Committee of arrangements, in carriages. 

Marshall. Marshall. 

Col. Perkins, head Marshall. 

Maj. Pierce, aid, Capt. Orr, aid. 

The Cavalcade, 

In divisions of sixteen, with Marshalls in the 

intervals. 

Battalion of Truckmen. 

Field officers. 

Kcgimental, Staff, and Company officers, Norfolk. 

Militia. 
Squadrons of Cavalry, from the Norfolk iNIilitia. 
Citizens of Norfolk and other Counties, mounted. 
Long line of carriages. 
Marshall. _ Marshall. 

The procession occupied more than a mile ia 
extent and moved through the streets designated, 
to the exchange coffee-house, amidst the cheers 
of the citizens at the public squares. 

When arrived in front of the exchangp coffee- 
house, the President dismount'- -^ on vvith liis 
suite and the Committee of i...ai.^c.nents (who 
also dismounted in State Street) were taken up by 
the Iriile/iendenl Cadets, under Col. Rogers, and 

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escorled into the liouse. On passing to his clraw> 
ing I'oom ihrougli the gallery ot liie Exciiange, the 
extensise area of which w.is filled with ladies, find 
citizens, Mr. Biiltincii, in behalf of the Ccmmiiiee 
rcid, and presented to the President the fwliowing 
A 1> D R E s s : 

T'o the President of the United Statest 



Sir, 



a 



The citizens of Boston, by their Commitlee, 
ppointed for that purpose, beg leave to ofler you 
their cordial and respectful salulicns, upon your 
arrival in this metropolis. 

The visit with which you are pleased to honor 
thcni, recalls to the recollection of many, their in- 
terview wlih your illustrious predecessor, the 
Father of his Country, on a similar occasion. Tlicy 
remember with great satisfaction, the hope, the 
confidence, and the fond anticipations of nailonal' 
prosperity which his presence inspired; and it is 
710W, sir, a subject of congratulation to you, and 
to themselves, that after thirty years of eventful 
experiment, during oonfiicts and revolutions, in 
the old world, which have threatened all, and sub- 
verted many of its ancient governmests, the Con- 
stitution which was adopted under the auspices of 
that gveat man has acquired vigor and maturity, 
and that in a season of [»rofound peace his suc- 
cessor is permitted, by the prosperous state of 
public affairs, to follow his example, in visiting 
the extensive country over which he has recently 
been called to preside. 

While this jouTncy affords so many of your 
fellow citizens, the o])portunily and advantage of 
commencing with you a personal acquaintance, 
which is always desirable between a people and 
Iheir rulers, they rejoice at the same time in the 
belief, that the real information, relative to the 
gveat and various interests ofjhe United States, 
which y( u will derive fioir. actual observation, 



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will facilitate your arrangements for their de- 
fence find security ; and enable you to apply in 
practice, with additional confidence and success, 
those principles of an elevated and imi^artial poli- 
cy, which vou have been pleased to proniuls^aie^ 
as ihe ba^is of your intended adnnnistraiion. 
Called to the service of your country, at an early 
perii-d of life, and distinguis.ed in the arduous 
struggle which obtained its independence ; your 
subsequent rccnputions, in successive in^portaut 
offices, and various dtpartnients, at home and a- 
broad, have offorded you the means of beconiing 
conversant with the foteign and doiTiestic relations 
of the nation ; and with these qualifications you 
are now raised to ihe highest dignity which can 
be conferred by a free people. These public 
claims to consideration and attention, from all de- 
scriptions of your feilow citizens, are cheerfully 
admitted by the citizens of Boston, who are also 
desirous of evincing their respect for the un- 
blemished tenor of your private character and 
their sense of the urbanity and hospitality which 
peculiarly characterize your deportment towards 
all those of your countrymen, who, during the 
period of your foreign embassies were so fortu- 
nate asto come within the^phere of your civili- 
ties and protection. 

It is therefore, with real satisfaction, that they 
recei\eycu within the precincts of Boston ; and 
they pray you to be assured, of their earnest solic- 
itude to contribute by all the means at their com- 
mand, to your comfort and enjoyment during your 
residence in this town. 

They also, confiding in the rectitude of your in- 
tentions and trusting that the poweis \esiediii 
you by the Constitution, will be exercised with a 
sincere regard to tlie wellfare of the people, 
•whose precious interests are committed to your 
charge, avail th,emselvcs of this occasion, to 
express their ardent hope, that the favorable cir- 



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comstances which attend the commcncmcnt of 
your administration, iTiay, with the blessing of 
he.iven, under your guidance, concur to promote 
the advHiicement of our beh~>ved country, to the 
highest posbiblc condition of prosperity; with these 
sentiments they unite their best wishes tor your 
health and happiness and that the course and 
close of your adn>inistvatirn niay entitle you to the 
gratitude and affections of your cunstituents, and 
the reSjiect of posterity. 

Bij order of the Couwnttee. 

CHARLES BULFINCH, Chairman, 

The P resident'' s Ansiver. 

Fellow Citizens, 

The kind reception vvhicb you have glvert 
n?e, on the part of the citizens of Boston, and 
which their conduct has so fully confirmed, has 
made a deep and lasting impression on my mind, 
which you avIU have the goodness to communi- 
cate to themr 

As no person is more willing than I am, in the 
discharge of duty, according to the fiiir exercise 
ofmy judgment, to take example from the dis- 
tinguished men who have preceded me in this 
high trust, it is particularly gratifying to me, to 
have realized, by this incident, to the memory of 
riiany who are now present, a like visit from the 
illustrious Commander of our revolutionary ar- 
my ; who, by many other important services^ 
had so just a claim to the revered title of Father 
of his country. It was natural, that the presence 
ofa citizen so respected and beloved, who had 
so eminently contributed to the establishment 
of this government, and to whom its administra- 
tion iu the cowmcngt^ci^ntj bad becD committed, 



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-should inspire an enlightened, a virtuous and 
free people, with unlimited confidence in its suc- 
cess ; an 1 it is a cause of g-<:neral f'^iicitation and 
joy to us all, to find that thirty years successful 
experiment, h?.ve justified that confidence and 
realized our most sanguine hopes in its favor- 
Yes, fellow citizens, we instituted a govei'n- 
ment^or the benefit of all ; a governmsnt which 
should secure to us the full enjoj^ment of all our 
rlii'htd, rclisrions and civil ; and it has been so ad- 
ministered. Let us then, unite, in gratefal ac- 
knowledgements to the Supreme Author of all 
good, for extending to us so great a blessing. Let 
us unite in fervent prayers, that He will be gra- 
ciously pleased to continue that blessing to us, 
and our latest posterity. I accepted the trust, to 
W"hich 1 have been called by my fellow citizens^ 
with diffidence, because, I well knew the frailty 
of humin nature, and had often experienced my 
own deficiencies. I undertook this tour, with a 
view and in the hope of acquiring knowledge, 
which might enable me to discharge my various 
and important duties, with greater advantage to 
my country,to which my whole mind, and unwea- 
ried efforts shall always be directed. In pursu- 
ing objects so dear to us all, 1 rely with confi- 
dence on the firm and generous support of my 
fellow citizens, throughout our happy Union. 

JAMES MUNROEh 



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Address of Col. Tudor in behalf of the Cincinn&ii 
of Alassachusctts. 

To James Mimroe President of tks United States. 
Sir, 

Whilst meeting you as one ofonr most distinguish- 
ed brothers, permit us, especially to thank you 
for furnishing an opportunity of saluting another 
Chief Magistrate of the United States taken from 
our ranks ; and to offer you all the assurances of 
respect and affection which it becomes a Society 
like ours to present, and which we pray you to 
accept as flowing from hearts first united by the 
powerful sympathies of cemiKon toils and dan- 
g^rs. ^ 

A'thcugn iirii2 is fa?t reducing oni original 
associates, we true', that whilst one remains, he 
will never desert the standard of freedom and 
bis country, or our sons forget the sacred duties 
their sires have sworn to discharge. We fought 
to obtain -security, self-government and political 
happiness, and the man who can approve both 
the principles and the means, can never be in- 
different to the social designs vvhich such a war- 
fare contempiated) for amongst those purposes 
were included the restoration of good humour, 
good manners, good neighborhood, political in- 
tegrity, with a spirit of mild and manly patriot- 
ism. And now, sir, in bidding you a long fare- 
w^ell, for from our lessening numbers such anoth- 
er occasion can scarcely occur, we join our best 
wishes, that when you shall seek a retreat from 
the honorable fatigues of public energies, in 
which so large a portion of your life has been em- 
ployed, that your retirement may be accompan- 



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ied by the applause of the wise, and the cwciir- 
reiit biessings of a prosperous and miued repub- 
lic aa empire, 

Ansiver cf the Prenidcvt to the Jddress of the 
Cincinnaii o/ Aiah&ac/nattts. 

To his Excellency Governor Brooks, President 
ot'the Ciacmoati of Massachusetts. 
Sir, 



k. 



The affectionate Address of my brothers of 
the Cincinnati, awakens m my mind the most 
grateful emotions. 

No approbation can be more dear to me, than 
that of those with whom 1 have had the honor lo 
share the common toils isnd perils o' the^war for 
our Independence. We were embarked in the 
same sacred cause of hberty, and we have i ved 
to enjoy the reward of our common labors. 
Many of our comj-nnions in arms fell in the field 
before our independence was achieved, and many 
less iortunate than o'.rseives, lived not to wit- 
ness the perfect fulfilment of their hopes in the 
prosperity and happiness of our counary. You 
do b'U justice to yourselves in claiming- the con- 
fidence of vour countrv, that can n'^vcr desert 
the stand.ird of freedom. You fought to obtaia 
in times wh.'n men's hearts and piSnciples were 
severely tried; and your public sacriticcs and 
honorable actions are the be«t plede:es of your 
sincere and devoted attachment to our excellent 
constitution. May your ch.idren never forget 
the sacred duties devolved on them, to preserve 
the inheritance so gallantly acquired by their 
Fathers. May they cuilivaic the same manly 



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p^tiotism, the same disinterested friendship, nnd 
tbe same political intcgiitj, which has ci.t<:in- 
gii'shed you, and that unite m perpetuat'nn^ tli.it 
social concord and puhlic Virtue on wh.ch the 
futt,ro pros[)erity ot our country must so essen- 
tially depend. 1 feel most deeply t^e truth of 
the meianclicily sug:^est;on, that we shall proLa- 
Hy niiiet no more : While, however, we rcmiv a 
hi lilc, I sl^ail continue to hop'O for your counte- 
nance and supj/ort so far as my puulic conduct 
may entitle me to your conlidence ; and in bid- 
3 on farewell, I pray a kind Providence long to 
preserve your valuahle lives for the honor and 
^3eneiit of our country. 

JAMES MUNROE. 



■Address to the President of the United Sfates hy 

John T. Kirkland^ Prendcnt of ike LnivcrsUi/ 

in Cambridge. 
Sir, 

The President and Fellows of Harvard Coll^t^e 
lire hap])y in v.ix opportunity of presenting- their 
reppectiul salutations to the Chief AJagislrate of 
the Nation. It has not been foimd inconsistent 
with those objects of public concern, which en- 
gage the attention of the President €)[ iJie United 
States in the '.ourse of his itinerary progress. 

We take satisfaction in this not ce of our sem- 
mary, as evincinjr ycur est mation of libera! 
ftudies, and your mterest in the edi cation and 
character of American youth. Our Academic 
functions ctmnot fail to der ve disunity and effect 
from tfaie ccuntcuanCe of the civJauthonUcs ; 



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Yja<i our pupils to find iticitcm3nt3 to excellence 
ia ail the demonstrations of sympathy in tlioiv 
pursuits and dostbation, given *by' those who iili 
exalted stations. 

We bid you wolcomc, Sir, to our establish- 
ment coeval with the foundation of the state, and 
the object of public individual favor thrau?;h 
many successive .^oncr.itions. Wiiiie, however, 
its connection with the history of past times, and 
the numer of sons, which in the lapse of nearly two 
centuries, it has dismissed from its care,^p.re cir- 
cumstances which lijturally excite a degree of 
interest, we arc sensible that antiquity'' alone, 
though venerable, is an inadequate ba^is of res- 
pect from men of intelligence and reilection. 

We would hope that t'lis cherished Seminary 
has ot^her and stronger claims to ccmDlacent re- 
gard from every frien 1 to the best ^interest of 

mnn, every patron of intellectual and mor;il cx- 
cellence. 

With the rudiments ofofood 1 tera'nre and the 
elements ofscience,it has been the couslunt and 
devoted aim in this institution to inspire the 
minds of youth with those principles of virtue 
Tind piety, with those manly sentiments, and wUii 
that pure love of truth and duty, which are tiie 
most valued ingredients of character, and which 
are best calculated to form the man and the citi- 
zen. 

By pursuing sucli a com^s*^ this ancient school 
has saught to preserve in close alliance the in- 
terests of religion and leaminr.;, of faith and 
chanty, of liberty and order. Desirin- to train 
those who are under our charge for the w'^o'* 
public and for mankind, we deem it an essential 
part oi our office lo cndeaver to teia^er the nrc- 



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juciiccs fiu>l fcelinf^-s iiicidont to particular al- 
t.icliincnts una geogTapliical tli visions ; to exhihit 
the evidence and aulliority of our common iaith, 
with a due moderation in rc'=;])ect to peculiarities 
ol" opinion and mode ; and to encourage free en- 
quiries into the nature, the value, the dangers 
iuid the preservatives of our repuhlican institu- 
tions ; with a just reserve upon those controvert- 
ed questions which tend to influence the spirit of 
party. vVe preseat to your view, sir, that por- 
tion of the youth of our country now resident 
within tho«e walls ; and are happy to bear testi- 
mony to the many pledges they give of their 
regard to the interesting objects of literary pur- 
suits, and to the attainments on which their fu- 
ture usefulness mu:*t depend. 

Mar they, and all the sons of this University, 
€ver cherish those generous affections, and aim 
at those solid acquirements, whicli sliall I ind and 
endear them to their Country, and render them 
ypproved instruments in advancing the interest 
and honor of our nation, and strengthening and 
protecting its precious institutions. 

In these indications of the pur}>oses cf public 
education, we are persuaded, sir, that we refer 
to objects, which you deem worthy of higii re- 
gard. 

We congratulate yeu on the auspicicus c'piAm.- 
stances which attend the connnencrment of your 
imporl'.mt siation. Accept our wislies and prayeis 
Ibr its happy course and issue; and indulge the 
expression of our desire, that whilst you, by the 
favor of heaven upon the exercise of the appro- 
priate duties of your high station, obtain the 
happiness of seeing the associated communities, 
over which you preside, safe and prosperous, 



OJ 



it may be our privilege hy fidelity and zeal ia 
our allotted sphere, under the smiles of tlie ?ame 
good Providence, to co-operate in the work of 
patriotism, by diffusing- the light of knowledge 
and the saving influence of religion and moral«. 

JOHN T. KIRKLAND. 
July 7, 1819. 

Ans-Si'er of the rrcsidcnt to the Address of the CoT' 
poraticn of Harvard University. 

Sir, 

I am deeply impressed with the distinguished 
attention with wLich the President and Fellows 
of Ilai-t.ird University have been pleased to hon- 
or nic en mv present \Wi. Noiliiriir is mora 
interesting to my cun inluf^, and nothing can bs 
m<'re imjortant to our common country, tlian the 
cidtiviitlon of -cience nnd liberal literature. Th(i 
principal jiurport of a 'ree government, is to le 
d;' rived from the SuUie morals and intelligence 
of the pcojde ; and the more extensive the 
means of education, the more confidently may 
we rely upon the preservation of our public lib- 
erties. Whatever doubts may once have been 
entt.riaincd upon the subject of the stability of a 
republican govcrnme^nt, and of its capacity fro 
promote Ibc public interests, the progress of our 
own must now have satisiied the mo^t sceptical 
miu.l, and awakened the strongest coiiviction of 
its energy and excelleix?. 

The venerable Universitj', over which you 
preside, has long been a great ornament of our 
country. It seems exceedingly well adapted, in 
its organization, to giv*^ the best instruction. Jt 
has nurtured in its bosom many 0^ those, who by 



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their patriotism, their piet}-, nivl their lenrning-^ 
liav'e ccriierrecl iastino- bcnofUs on maiikiiul. Moi^fc 
sincerely tlo I wish that it may continue to be 
a public blessing-, and under the smiles of Prov- 
idence, increase in uscfulnrs?. 

An institution, ^vhich endeavors to rear Amer- 
ican youth in the pure love of truth and duty, 
and n'hile it enlightens their minds by ingenuous 
and literal !^tudte?,cndeavors to awaken a love of 
countr}', to soften loud prejudices, and to incul- 
cate christian faith and charity, cannot but nc- 
f|uiro, as it deserves, the conlidence of the wi*e 
vuid'gcod. 

You do iustice, therefore, to my feelinc:?, in 
bel-eving that such an institr»t;on must p )S?csr', 
rnv Li£i-hest rcirard, and 1 sl:all always take a 
itvely interest in its prosperity. 

JAMES MUNROE. 

jf tlie Ecj. President KiRKLi\ND. 

After making the above reply, the degree of 
Doctor of Laws was then conferred upon the 
President of the United States, by the Ptev. Pres- 
ident Kirkland. 



JSddress delivered to the President on the 4t/i of 
July^ at Boston^ by a Committee of the Lcgixla^ 
tare cf Mass. 

Sir, 
The recent session of the Legislature of Mas- 
jrxhusetts being closed previously to your arri- 
val in Bobtcn, the republican members of both 
branches are deprived of the pleasure of fcrscn- 
■&lly paying iheir respects to the President of tb*J 



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Ualted Stcite?. Those member?, therefor?, ^vlio 
were present at the adjournment, togetlier with. 
a namberof their brothron of Boston, have dep- 
uted us to ofter you their congratulations on 3'our 
arrival, and to express their high regard for your 
official and personal character. 

We are happy, sir, in having this opportunity 
not only of expressing our sincere congratulation 
on your election to the Chief Magistracy of the 
United States, by so large a mojority of the elec- 
tor?, but to hear this public testimony of our es- 
timation of the services rendered your country, 
in the various stations in which you have hereto- 
fore officiated in Europe and America. These 
are sure pledges, that the pro.=;perity of the A- 
merican Republic will be the object of your pur- 
suit, and that while you are desirous of allaying 
the asperity of party dissention, you will be anx- 
ious to maintain the legitimate principles of ihe 
Constitution with unabated ardor. 

The patriot who, has uniformly supported the 
honor of his country in its various contlicts, is 
ever entitled to the applause of his fellow citi- 
zens. Fully impressed with this sentiment, we 
gratefully acknowledge 3'our unremitted ex- 
ertions in vindicating our national and commer- 
cial claims, when the immediate calls of the 
country rendered the services of our most en- 
lightened statesmen urgent and inJispcn'jable. 
We anticipate Vt^iih pleasure the blessings arising 
to the United States from the wisdom and red i- 
tude of your administration, more particularly v\ 
patroni/:ing such institutions as wi-ll extend the 
useful branches of science and literature, and 
promote the agricultiu^a', manufactunig and 
comaierc'::.! nter3-:t3 of your ccnstituents. 

I* 



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We v/ish 3'ou every blessing both national and 
demesne, and trust that your name willbc re- 
warded in the American annals, uiih the same 
respecttul veneration as distinguishes the char- 
acters of your illustrious predecessors, VVabhing- 
ton^ Adams, Jeflcrson, and Madison. May ycu 
pursue your journey under the care of a benign 
Providence, happy in the rcfieciion that the per- 
sonal safety of ihe Chief Mt-.gistrate of a Republi- 
can government, requires no oiher protection than 
what arises from the affections of his Fellow Ciii- 
zens. In behalf of our bremren aad fellow citi- 
zens, we most cordially bid you welcome to the 
?^lctopolis of Massachusetts* 

Henry Dearborn^ 
lienjamin yJuslin^ 
}ViUiam Little^ 
Rusfiell Sttiri'-is, 
Jacob Rhoacis^ 
John Brazier, 
1 Villi am In gal Is. 

Ans^^er of the President to the Legislative Coni" 
iniiie uf Massachusetts, at Boston, 

I have received, with great satisfaction, the 
very friendly welcome which yuM have given me 
nn the part of some of the members of the Legis- 
lature of Massachusetts, and of other citizens of 
Boston, who had deputed you, to offer me their 
co?igratulations on my arrival 'wi this metropolis. 

Conscious of having exerted my best faculties 
with unvaried zeal, to support the rights and ad- 
vance the prosperity of my fellow citirens, in the 
various important trubts with which I have been 
honored by my country, the approbation which 
you have expressed of my conduct, is very grati-* 
fying to me. 

It has been my undeviating effort, in every situ- 
ation in which 1 have been placed, to procftotc, to 



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ihe utmost of my abilities, the Success of cur Re- 
public;in Government. I have pursued this poli- 
cy from a thorough conviction, that tne prosperi- 
ty and bappintss of the whole Americiiri pe.-ipie, 
c^epenc'ed on ip.e success of the g' eat experiment 
Vi-hich they liave been called to make. 

All i-Tipariial persons now bear testimony to llic 
extraordinary blessings v/ith which wc have been 
honored. Well, satisncd, I am, that these bles- 
sings are to be imputed to th-i excellence of our 
government, and to t!ic wisdom and pmity witSi 
which it has been administered. 

Believing that there is not a section of onr Un- 
ion, nor a ciiizen, who is not interested in the 
success of our governmer.t, I inchdge a strong hope 
that they will all unite in the future in the meas- 
ures necessary to secure it. For this verv impor- 
tant change, I consider the circumstances of the 
present epoch peculiarbly favorable. The suc- 
cess and unexampled prosperity with whicii we 
have hitherto been blessed, must have dispelled 
the doubts of all, who had before honestly enter- 
tained a!)y, of ihe practicability of our system, 
and from these, a firm and honorable co-operation 
may fairly be expected. Our union has also re- 
quired of late much strength. 

riie prools which have been afrv)rfled, of the 
great advantages communicated by it, to evety 
part, and of the ruin which would inevitably and 
promptly overwhelm even the parts n\ost favor- 
ed, if it should be broken, seem to have carried 
conviction home to the bosom of the most unbe- 
lievine. 

On the means necessary to secure success, and 
to advance, with increased rapidity, the growth 
and prcsperiiy of our country, there' seems now to 
be but little, if any, difference of opinion. It is on 
these grounds that I indulge a strong hope, and 
even entertain great confidence, that our principal 
dangers and diificuUies have passed, and that the 
charuclei- of our dcliberatious, and the course of 



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the grAcrr.niciit itself, will become more harmc- 
uioiis ai.d h;ipi)y, than it has heretofore been. 

Satisfied, as 1 am, that the uniun of the vvhc!e 
community, in support of cur republican go\ern- 
u)e:,t, by all wise and proper measures, will ef- 
feciualiy secure it from danger, th<U union is an 
object, to -chichi look wiih the utnicst solicitude. 
I coiiiiider it my duty lo^ prouiote it, on the prin- 
cii)]cs and for the purposes slated and higlily 
gratified hhall I be, if it can be obtained. In fr. nk- 
ly avowinj; this m(;ti\ e, I owe it to the inlegiiiy 
(I n)y views, to state, that as the support ot our 
l^epublican Governn^cnt is my sole object, and in 
which I consider the whole community, equally in- 
tertsud, my conduct will be invariably directed 
to that end. In seeking to accomplish so great an 
object-, I shall be caieful to avoid such measures, 
as mas', bv any possibility sacrifice it, 

JAMES MUNROE. 



Ltinii address', read and pre&ented to tfie Pres-' 
idcnt by the Chairman of the Committee of ar' 
rar}gLmc}lls. 



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IK, 



The Committee appointed for that purpose res- 
])ecifully lender you the congratulations of the citi- 
i-enscfLynn, upon your arrival in lliis ancient 



town. 



it is v\ith sentiments of patriotic pride and 
heartfelt plcasur J, that the iidiabiiants of Lynn, 
ci'joy this op])ortunity of beholding aniong them 
the Chief Mil gibtrate of the Union. 

Elevated to your high and honorable ofTiCC, by 
the suffrages of a free peojde, in conformity with 
the prii^ciples of our t- xcellent Constitution, it is 
no less the duty, than it is the happy privilege of 
this j)eopIe, "to pay their voluntary respects to the 
nuin of ihcir choice. 



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Whilst.under foreign governments,the people are 
ofiea times by^royal mandates coropelled to pay re- 
luctant honors' to their rulers, it is the singular for- 
tune of Americans, that they are free to act for 
themselves, and that in paying honors to the men 
of their choice, they hive to acknowledge no other 
mandate than that of freedom. 

Impressed by such considerations, the inhabi- 
tants of Lynn, kno-.vn as a manufacturing people, 
from the earlv settlement of the town, heartily 
congratulate you on the present peaceful and pros- 
perous state oi our country, and fondly indulge the 
hope, thr,.t the blessings of liberty will be preserved 
iind that the arts, commerce r:nd manufactures of 
the nation will be fostered and protected by your 
administration, recently commenced under cir- 
cumstances so auspicious. 

Wishing your Excellency a long continuance of 
health and happiness we, have the honor to be, 
with sentiments of the highest respect, your obe- 
dient servants, 

R. VV. TRF.VF.JI, Chairman 
of the Committee, 

To which (he President made an extem/ioraneous 
re/ili/, which was in substance as folloius. 

The kind reception given me by the citizens 
of Lynn, has mv heartv thanks. 

It affords me pleasure that they so justly esth 
mate the principles of our excellent constitution. 
It will be my faithful endeavor so to con(.'uct my 
administration, as to realize their expectatiniis ; 
and lae best rev;ard of my exertions in the oiiice 
lately conferred on me, will be the approbation of 
iriy fcdlow citizens. 

J:\ME3MUNRQE, 



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The Prc&idcnt's recef.ticii at Portland. 

On the President^ arrival at the border of Port- 
land, he ivas met by the Committee of ArraJige- 
Jnents ; when Isaac Jda'yis, P.fir<. Chairman of 
the board of Selectmen, afijircachcd and thii» 
addressed him : 
Sir, 

Whh great satlsfactinn and sentiments of the 
highest respect, I perform the pleasing duty as- 
signed me by the Ooinmittee rf arrani;enients, of 
bulding ilie Prcbident of the Uniied States a cor- 
dial welcome to the town of Portland, and request 
the favor of attending yon to the house prepared 
for your reception, where, by permission, the com- 
mittee will avail themselves of the opportunity of 
more fully expressing the feelings and senti-^ 
nients entertained by themselves and their fello\y 
townsmen on having' the honor of a vi^it from tl'.e 
Chief iMagibtrateof the N.'.:;cn. 

.^ddrccs to the Prcsidint delivered by 
Mr. Adam^. 

_SlR, 

i he Committee of Arras gemcM^ts w.ill on yon, 
HI beh;ilf of the citizens of Portland, on your arri- 
val in this town, to tender y> u the hcmai^e due to 
the Chief Majjistrate of a free Ivcpublic. A visir, 
for the fust tin:e to tliis place, of a persc-nage of 
>iuch high distinction, who has recently been elect- 
ed under such favorable auspices, to wield the des- 
tinies of a great peoples-will be expected to ex- 
cite no ordinary bcisation, 

VVe see in your elevation to the Chief iMngistra- 
cy, a fellow citizen of great experience in the pol- 
icy of nations, and one whosejlife has been sjieut in 
the service of his native country. We have ever 
been among tliose who have deemed experience to 
be the only correct source of politic. )1 wisdom, and 
have never ceubcd to pLce u higher value upon 



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its precepts, than upon the theories of imagina- 
tion. 

Your tour ibrongh the Union evinces how high- 
ly you appreciate the knowledge, derived from 
your own observaiion. a;)ove the unceitain initlii- 
gence collected fronn other sources. And the ear- 
Jy period of your Presidential term, at which tliis 
tour is comnnenced, augurs auspiciously, to the 
great interest of our coninion country. May all 
your efforts to promote the honor and advance the 
prospeiity of the nation, be duly appreciated by 
one eiilightened and grateful people. 

Here, sir, you behold a town once a victinrj to 
the war ot thai revolution, in which vou comtrjenc- 
cd your patriotic career. What you now see is but 
the Phoenix from its ashes ; reanimated and in- 
vigorated by the vivif)ing influence of the federal 
constitution, to the fostering care of the general 
government, to its protection and encouragement 
of commercial interests, are we indebted for the 
prosperity we have enjoyed, and on its future 
jjrotection and encouragcnt must we rely, for 
the accomplishments of our best hopes. 

Permit us, sir, to bid you welcome; to present 
you with the rcsjjectful salutations of our fclh-w cit- 
izens. May your visit here afford you soniC por- 
tion of that satisfaction it imparts to others. And 
be assured that in all your exertions to promote 
the public welfare you will be aided and suport- 
ed by the patriotism of this portion of the union. 

Under your administration, tway our civil, re- 
ligious and literary insiitutioas be protected and 
encouraged ; commerce, ag\icuiture and nianufa^:- 
tures fostered anvl promoted, and that freedom and 
ind^l)etulence wh'ch in the field, you labored to 
achieve, defended and preserved. 

1 hat your Uaruls may be strengthened, and your 
heart encouraged, in the discharge of the high du- 
ties of your office, we would ccminend you to the 
favor of that bciag who is the fountain of all 
pnver and wisdom, with our ardent aspirations t» 



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HiiTi» that your life may be long and happv ; that 
the union of" these States, our republican form of 
government arid the prosperity of our beloved 
country may be perpetual. 

In bcluilf of the committee of arrangements, 

ISAAC ADAAIS, Chairniayi. 



^'iJdrcss rftheX^lergy cf the toivn of Portland 
a?:d //6- vici7ntijy to ths President of the United 
States. 

Sir, 

The Ministers of the TiOrd Jesus Christ, of dif- 
ferent denoniinatioM*, in I-'ortland and its virinity, 
amid the rongi-atulations of tiieir fellow citiaens, 
"vvould now, in a body, tender their respectful and 
christian sahitations : opening to jou their bosoms, 
revered sir. and imploring on you the Divine ])res- 
ence, guidance und support as the fHiher of a great 
and happy people : that you may have, in contin- 
uance, a p!osper<uis journey, by the will of Ciod 
through the northern and western j)artsof these U. 
States, a safe return to the capitol and bo!;cm of 
your family: tliai the morning of your Presiden- 
cy, being a mornir.g without clouds, which has 
ihorwn sucii a lustre upon public affairs, a?id ccca* 
lion^d such surprisir.g Ijarmony in the public feel- 
ings, may, indeed, be as the shining light, which 
sliineth ir.orc and move unto the perfect day. 

And v.lun, bir, your hands arc heavy under the 
the weight of a natior-s laws, be assured the inter- 
cs^'Ksions of our closets, and of our altars, (animat- 
ed by the grateful remembrance of your presence 
amongst us,)s!iall be alwa)s going nptc tliemerc^- 
scat in yourbchalf That ihrouglt vtur ir.su unicn- 
tality the beauty of tlie Lord oui CJ'.^d may be upon 
us, and his glory appear to our children and when 
ycu ihali ha> c ended your generation accordiug 



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10 the will of God, in a good old age, and full of 
days, and honors ; may you be gathered u'ato the 
illustrious fathers, who rest from their public 
labors, and enter with them into heavenly glory. 

The President's .dnsiver. 

Gentlemen, 

Among the numerous tokens of respect, which 
have been shewn me by my fellow citizens, during 
my present Tour, undertaken to advance the pub- 
lic interest ; I have received none more grateful 
than the one I now receive from you, the Minis- 
ters of our Lord and Siviour. Be assured, that 
the kind sentiments of your affectionate address, 
especially those which regard my person, are 
warmly reciprocated. A i)ropcr reverence for our 
Maker, and indeed religion in general, leaving all 
men however free, to act agree.ibly to the dictates 
of their own consciences, will ever meet my ap- 
probation and support. I am sensible, gentleme'.), 
that I cannot do justice to your address in this 
summary reply. 1 must therefore conclude by 
repeating to you the assurance of my great satis- 
faction in receiving this testimony of your regard, 
and by requcstir.g you to accej)t my thanks fur 
your respectful and christian salu'ation^. 

JAMES MUNROE. 



Dele^ati9n9 from the toivns of Bath ^ TViscasftctt 
Brunsnvicky and Toftshatn, viet the President 
cfthe United States at Portland, and deliver- 
ed to him the foUotfting addresses. 

To the President of the United States^ 
Sir, 
We received last evening with much regret the 
information that the imperious calls of duty will 

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prevent you from extending your journey beyond 
vhis town. 

<Jjv rcgiet, indeed, is greatly diminished by the 
kindness with >vliich you received our invitation, 
a!id by tlie politeness v,iih which you assigned 
) our reasons tor declining it. 

Little of public imjMJi'tance would be presented 
to your notice in iiath ; but much jirivate feeling 
of ardent attachment would be evinced toward 
the Chief MagisliMte of the Union, vrhose public 
character we have long been accustomed to res- 
pect, and whose private worth we have learned 
to admire. 

The prosperity of our town depends upon a free 
intercourse with foreign nations, and a proper 
limitation to the adniissic-n of foreign vessels from 
ports which our vessels are not permitted to enter. 

I'he protection afforded by garrisons and forti- 
fications in time of vvar, is generally the result of 
preparaiion in tinie of peace. 

\Vc rely, sir, upon the generous regard yoa 
have exhibited fci- every s>.ciion rf ci:r couniry, 
and u])on ilie feelings that prompted you to under- 
lake ihisjoui luy ; and in jjlHcing tliis confidence, 
v.e are sure ih.:t cur own [peculiar interests will 
i;ot be neglected. 

We feel grateful, sir, tl\at \onv jcurreyhas 
hitherto been so pn-opiiious. tluit you have met 
wiih no occurrence to din.iiiiali the pleasure you 
I'.Hve derivt:d in witnessing the atiachnient of your 
fellow citizens. 

Accept, sir, our sincere wishes, that your health 
ir.ny loi:g continue, and that tlic renif.inder of j our 
lour m;!v be as pleasant to soursesf, as it will le 
iiueresling to tlic country 



li\ J:i;!(f, 



IJczekia h JVii man. 



J. I]'i7i!^'atc,jun. UarAcl AiurtcTU 
Jiicn. L'lcpy Jci^epii Scivc/L jnv. 
Jcmu's i^lcLcllcv, Ji.ncjth F. Wvigalc, 
hcvj. .imc&\ JM. M. Tliorndikc, 

Portlundyjuh' 0, 1817. />. ,Y, D. DavaitO'''- 



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'To the President of the United ^tafes^ 
Sir, 

The inhabitants of Wiscasset, anticii)atine: vcur 
visit to the metropolis of tlie District of Maine, 
have chosen the undersigned a committee to wait 
on yoa, and oftcr their respectful congratulations 
on your arrival at this eastern section of the Unit- 
ed States. They u'.iite with the scver;il cities and 
towns through whicli you have passed in pay jr.;; 
the homage of a free people to the Chief rvingis- 
tiate of our beloved country, and in expressing* 
their confidence in your eminerit qualifications lu 
pre hide over ihe nation. 

The remembrance of yoar fonrcr distinguishel 
services rises fresh to the public mind, under this 
jileasing testimony of your reg^ird for the pn'.dic 
good, aiul a personal inter\iew with the citizcn^j 
of a great rep,ublic must be no less satisfactory lo 
you than interesting to each indisidual who loves 
his country and res|:ects liis rulevs. 

A ?i;r\cy of tlur exterii^ivc C'.;'..st and excel- 
lent harbors of the nonhcrn and middle Siii!( v, 
an.d the cordial rccepti:)n hat an enterprisirg aid 
c-d:g!uer.cd pec pie ciuerfully tender ynu, v. e , i-u^ t 
win cont!i!>utc to dimini-h t!;e iuluie h.t'g-rs 
nnd facilitaie the arduous <luties (d yv.v ixalui 
office. ;\ndo!it!iis occasii n we vecij:r'>c; tc ile 
SL'n'.imtnts of our fellow ci.izer^s ufiiie we>T, it tl.c 
tnjoytrcnt of the blessings of i;e;\ce, and the gen'-r- 
al iraoquillity in the civilized world;\ve :ive h ippy 
too, dint the cessaiion ( f party sp^iiii n d of pr!i;i- 
cil prejudice pronuse so much hcii^',>incss ai <l 
irlorv to our common country. It is an honnable 
inirk, not only of the respect ai^d aitachnu-tit 'hat 
all feel io\- yo disiinguishcd a guest, bit ( f tie 
w.iiir, ho{ c that is entertained (d y( i;r e.icrgevir , 
i;T!])arii;il arid glorious atlminietratii n. 

i'lie inhui)itants of Wiscasset liave understood 
wi'h regret, that your tour will terminate at i'( 1 1- 
i.iud. • Should the fatigues (d' a journey, iiowevir, 
not prevent your vibit being extended farther east. 



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(0 take a personal view of the exposed situation 
of our seaboard, we shall endeavor then to offer 
you our heartfelt salutations ; and the honor your 
presence will confer on the citizens of this part of 
the country, will be received with gratitude and 
remembered with sati8faction. 

VVe also unite with our common country in the 
general wish for j our prosperity, health and hap- 
jr.ness. And may the blessings of the Almighty 
direct your sttps, and return you in safety to th« 
bosom of your family- 

jlbirl Wood, Orchara Cook^ 

David Fay!^on, Scth Inkham, 
J^'rancis Cook, Sa?nuel IL. Smith., 
Jirafitiis Foot, Tho. H. iShcpficrdy 
Jeremiah Buileij^ 



To the President of the United States, 

Sir, 

We have been deputed by the citizens of Bruni- 
wich and Topshani, to meet you in this place, to 
present you tiicir sincere respects and cordial 
congratulations on your arrival at this extensive 
section of the United States, and to invite you, if 
consistent with your arrangements, to visit, and 
spend such portion of time with them, as may give 
them a more suitable opportunity of evincing 
their respect and consideration for the Chief Mag- 
istrate of this distinguished Rei)ublic. 

VVe are sensible oftlie great importance to the 
public interest arising from your visit to ihis part 
of the Union, and your personal observation of the 
country, at once so acceptable to tlie p-cople, and 
so aus])icious to the prospects of a happy adimnis- 
trai.ion of the government coniided to your wisdom 
and experience. Public good, thus voluntarily 
conferred, exceeding far the htunds of o flic i id du- 



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ty, demands public gratitude : in this, permit us to 
assure you, sir, tlie people who have deputed us 
upon this vvelconie occasion are second to none. 
Permit ui also to add the assurance of our person- 
al respects, and our sincere desire that your lit'c 
may belong, useful and happy. 

Jacob Abbot. 

2^ey. J. Porter. 

Benjamin Orr. 
Portland, July 16, iSiT. 

T/i<; Preside}it*s refill/ to the Committees of the 
toxvns of Bath, Wiscaaset^ Bruusivich an,d 
Tojishdvi. 

Felloa/ Citizens, 
I beg you to be a;>sured, that it •would afford mc 
great and sincere pleasure, to proceed to the 
towns which you represent, and even to Castine, 
if imperious circumstances did not prevent it. I 
undertook this tour, to acquire information, by 
personal inspection of our principal harbors, of the 
entrances in:o them, of the state of the public 
works, and oi'the poiijts at v;hich it might bcpicp- 
cr to erect others, and it was my object to em- 
brace in it the Atlantic coast, to the extent men- 
tioned, ; nd the inUnd frontier, as far as Detroit ; 
1 now find, notwithstandinv; the exertions wiiich 
I have made, that if I i)roceed further to the cast- 
ward; 1 shall be compelled to a!:)andon all the 
western part of my contemplated tour, or I>e 
thrown on the lakes at an unfavorable season, and 
shall likewise be detained from the seat of gov- 
ernment, longer than a due regard, for other im- 
portant national interests, will permit. I regret, 
therefore, to be compelled by these considerations, 
which will, I doubt n()t, h:»ve their due weight, 
with you, and my other fcUo^v citizens of the Dis- 
trict of Maine. 

I am happy to meet here, deputies, from so 
many of the tcvns, to the eastward, because from 



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yoti. I s!^ ill receive much in form at* on, loucliinj!; 
your lociU interest, which will be useful. 1 bli;iil 
p:iy tf> it, tl;e iittnobt -lUcntion in my J)o^re;^ 

I airi aware, Uiatil\c prosperity of ti.e ti>vv:.s i i 
this DislricL. aiv! i fr.;iy cxierid the rem irk t:> th / 
Uniic'l St;ites, depends t,n I'i.e prosperous h.tateot 
ihtir commerce. Noil;i;ig is niore just, than thac 
oar triiuc with foreign jjo-.vers, should be i-laced' 
in every brinch, Oii, a fv)otin!^ of reciprocal an.l 
equal advantage. Ic |.;i\es n.e pleasure to st ilc, 
liiai this important interest, has already received 
the considcrat:ens (>\' the n .lior.ul couikcils, and tliat 
1 have no doubt, it will continue to be duly attended 
to, until it is placed on a just, and satiisfactory footing-. 
On all the great cui.ceriiS, ut' this highly favored 
^ haj)j)y nation, there is but (uic common interest. 
We ai call eciuallv interested in tjrescrvip.ir our 
present rcpubiican goverriinent and iPiStitutions, in 
their utmost purity ; we are all equally interested, 
ill adopting suitable nieasuses ( f defence, land and 
J.aval ; iKvl in the j^roiyor jiroteriion and encour- 
:;;u;en)ent (.four C(.mnie;ce ; and it is liii^idy grati- 
i";. ir.g to nie, to wiineis, in the whole exient of my 
loni-, that great haimony of (pinion pje\ails, on 
all tlie important ji{/iiiis. 

On the President's arrival at the village (T 
Kennebunk. Me. a short address was presented 
l)y the inhabitants, in which lie was assured of the 
fullest Cunlidence that the be^t interest of the peo- 
ple wouui be promoted by his adnjinistratiun ; to 
which was added tl.eir j)ra)crs, that at some fu- 
ture period, he niight receive tlje acclamations of 
the whole people made ha];py under an adminis- 
tration n^ivked for its v^'iidont, its mildness, and 
spirit of cci'ciiiati'jii. 



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To this the President 77iadc the following A?isi.\;cr= 

Mr. Chair max, 
Six, I ask you and t'le g'-riilo r.en asS'--C! \te:.l 
■with yo!j, to cornmnnicate to the citizens cf Kifti- 



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r.r );ink, and its vicir.ity, \\w tliai-ks for the fi 
Jy ccepiion which they give me. an.l fur those tt-s- 
tini r > 01 ft?specc which they are b'.easecl to nia;i- 
iles.t for the Ciiiei ?vl igistntte of tiie United St^itcs. 
He pleased to assure the:ii thvit, on tiiis. as well as 
on other simirar occasions, 1 am \!n:ib!e to express 
iny erii(;tions. To behold a fi-ee, an ep.iighiened, 
and a high minded people p:i}i!^g a spo;itarieou:$ 
trihuie of sespect and nfFectiuu to the nutu 
"who is ele'. ated to the Chief M^igistracy of a iva-' 
lion, is in itself an imposing spectacle. To that 
individual, such a scene, yoti may well believe 
must possess a character of peculiar a:i(l appro- 
priate interest. I have never before been so much 
aflcctcd. Such distifiguished attentions, such un- 
exoected efTusions of leirard* as I ornerience from 
iviy fellon' citizens, do indeed sink into my heart. 
Tliey make me feel, if j)ossil)le, a deeper sense of 
my o'.vn obligations to devoic ail my faculiies to 
iheir service. 

It was my u-ish in the firf-t instance while oii 
this tour, to have dc\oted my at'.ention exclusively 
to those pubiic arid H.itional objects wiiich I had 
in viievv^. Hut i".ndini; that this arrangement did 
not comport with the feelings of m^' diow citizens, 
I relinqaish.ed it. indeed when i md a disposi- 
tion so generally manifested irse, fo improve the 
occasion lor a personal interview of the people 
\vith the citizen whom their voluntary suirrages 
had cdevattd to the highest of^ce in tlieir gift, and 
inroiigh him to exliibit-the homage they feel for 
liie government itself, and the high value which 
they entertain for its republican i^viw^ I cheerful- 
ly >ielded to their wishqs. 

Noi" can I even regret that I have thus afforded 
mybcif bO many oppurtuuiiies cf seeing and i'::cl- 



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ing how much we are one people, how strong'- 
ly the ties, by which we are united, do in fact 
bind us together ; how mucli . we possess in re- 
aiitj a conimiinity, not onl_y of interest, but of 
sj mpatiiy, and affection. I am the more prompt to 
make this remark, because you are pleased to 
express a conlident hope that a spirit of mi-.tual 
conciliation may be one of the blessings which 
may result fromrny administration. This indeed, 
would be an eminent blessing, ana I pray it may 
be reali.7ed. 

The United States are certainly the most en- 
lightened people on earth. We are rapidly ad- 
vancing" in the road to national pre-eminence. 
Nothing but union is wanting to make us a great 
people. The present time affords the happiest 
presages that this Union is fast consummating. It 
cannot he otherv/ise ; I daily see greater proof* 
of it. The further 1 adyancc in my progress 
through the country, the more I perceive that 
we are all Americans : that we compose but one 
family, that our republican Institutions will be 
supported and perpetuated by the united zeal 
and patriotism of all. 

Nothing can give me greater satisfaction than 
to behokra perfect union among ourselves, an 
union wliich, as I before observed, is all we can 
want to nijike us powerful and regpected, an 
union, also, which is nece€sary to restore to so- 
cial intercourse its former charms, and to ren- 
der our happiness, as a nation, unmixed and com- 
plete. To promote this desirable result, re- 
quires no compromise of principle ; and I prom- 
ise to give it my continued attention and my best 
endeavors, for the good of our common country. 
I feel tliat I am bound constantly, to act, so far 



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as integ^rity and zeal are concerned, I can confi- 
dent! j say that I shall not bn found wanting ; and 
if I shall fail in the discharge of duty, it shall be 
from want ofjudgment. I also hope that I shall 
be enabled actually to improve all the opportu- 
nities, which the station to which I have been 
called shall offord me, to advance the inter- 
est, the honor, and the felicity of our beloved 
country. 

Be pleased, sir, to communicate to the citizeas 
whom you and your associates represent, my 
best wishes for their individual prosperity and 

happiness. 

JAMES MUNROE. 



Address from the citizens of Ktwhurypori to ihi 
President of the United States. 

Sir, 

The citizens of Newburyport, by their Com- 
mittor, beg leave to present their sincere res- 
pects to the Chief Magistrate of the United 
States. 

Having been called by a free and intelligent 
people to preside ovor their most important con- 
cerns, it must be peculiarly grateful to your feel- 
in<T"s, at the commencement of your arduous 
duties, to be made more particularly ac- 
quainted with tlicir local interest-, and to re- 
ceive their respectful and affectionate salutations. 
It is no less pleasing to us than happy for the na- 
tion, that we derive the honor of this interview, 
from the practical operation of that maxim of 



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your illastrions predecessor, the Father of hi» 
country, in his last afiectionate address to his 
iellow citizen^, that " timely disbursements to 
prepare for danger, frequenitly prevent much 
greater disbursements to repel it." A numerous 
auvl v/ealthy population, stretching- along an ex- 
tensive sea-coast, presents, to a foreign enemy, 
many alluring- objects of attack ; and the pres- 
ent period of peace and public tranquility appears 
peculiarabty for your patriotic efforts for our 
defence and security. 

Enjoying- as y/e do the blessings of a free gov- 
ernment, our attachment cannot be less ardent, 
v/hen administered by one, who took so honorable 
and active part in those measures by which it was 
attained. We trust that under your administra- 
tion, by the smiles of a kind Providence, a spirit 
of peace will be generally diiYused, the venera- 
ble and pious institutions of our Fathers preserv- 
ed, and the citizens meet their appropriate re- 
wards, in the labors of agriculture, manufactures 
and commerce, and in extending the sciences and 

lii La. 

Accept, sir, our best wishes, that you miy ba 
prospered in the important object of your jour. \gj/, 
and at the close ofvour labors receive a consoJa- 
t:on, the most dear to a patriot, in the happiness 
and prosperity of the countr3\ 

I'o li'hich the President made a verbal Ttpl^^ in sub-' 
sta.icc^ asfcllozi's : 

That he received with great seniibiiity, the 
attention of the citizens of Newburjport. That 
his principal object in makiug this tour, was to 
sec ihc situation of the people^ in different parts 



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of the countrj-, and the enlrance and harbors of 
the priacipai towns, and to acquire such infor- 
mation as would enable him the better to dis- 
charge the duties, of his office, that in his journey 
he had been hig'hly gratiiied with the prosperous 
condition of the people, and that their situation 
was far more happy than that of any other in any 
part of the world, and that we ooukl not be siif- 
liciently thanid'ui to that bountiiui Providence 
which had conferred upon us such distinguished 
blessings. The President concluded with desir- 
ing that his grateful sentiments, for the kind and 
respectful manner in which he had been receiv- 
ed by the citizens, might be communicated to 
them. 



,iddrcii of Mr. Hohneo in kehalf of the ciltizcns 

of Killer ij. 

To Ike President cf the United States^ 

Sir, 

As citizens of Maine, we take the liberty to 
meet the Chief Magistrate of the Nation, on his 
entering our Distr:ct,and to pay him cur res- 
pects. It being the first time a President of the 
United States has visited this section of (he coun- 
try, it is a source of peculiar satisfaction to meet 
and greet one whose private virtues and public 
administrations h ive been so much and so justly 
admired by the people of Maine. 

Permit us, sir, for ourselves and our friends, 
to congratulate you on your election as President, 
and bid you a cordial v/clcotne to this part of the 



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Union ; to ten(^er you our services to alleviate 
the fatigues of your journey, and our wishes and 
exertions that all yoi r labors for the people may 
l)e received with gratitude and crowned with 
success. 

Through the wisdom of yourself and your com- 
patriots ; the patriotism of the people, and the 
favor of heaven, you have the singular felicity to 
receive the voluntary homage of the nation, and 
to Avitness its peace, prosperity, freedom and hap- 
piness. 

7%i5 journey, like the journey of your life, i» 
commenced and pursued for the public good. 
Like that, its fatigues have been endured with 
patience, its obstacles overcome with persever- 
ance, jts storms encountered with firmness, and 
its refreshing suhshi»e relisl e) with equanimity 
and gratitude. In each, as you have advanced, 
you have acquired additional honor, reverence 
and lovCx In your future progress in both, may 
your health be preserved, your country's pros- 
perity and glory secured, and the affectionc, 
confidence and union of the people increased and 
confirmed. And when these respective journies, 
shall be ended, and you sh;iil return home, may 
you at the close of the one be received, in health 
and happiness to the embracce of an affectionate 
family, and of the other to the honor and fruition 
of Him who will never fail to reward the great 
and good. 

John Holmes, Woodbury Siorei\ 

A. R. Paris, Isaac- H. Hey, 

W. p. Preble^ Joiinh M. Seaver^ 

Jeremiah Bradbury, WHUavi Burley, 
7\ G. Thornton, Banjamin Grcen^ 

Alexander Rice. 



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The P.jcsideni's Reply. 

Gentlemen, 

Applause is usuallj considerevl ral lable, but 
the ma/irtsr in vvhlcVv it h^is baeii conferred upon 
me, ill this fri jndlj reci* ption of the citizens of 
Ktttery, gives to it sj\ adJitional worth, by excit- 
ing- emotions tbat c^- 'd cot have arisen from any 
lan<rua2:e howoyer resp xtf.il. Beiaii* thus re- 
ceived by men, so hig-hly distinguished for pri- 
vate virtues and public character, is worthy of 
proper acknowledgment and a due sense of g-rati- 
tude and oblig-ation. At the same time, it will 
not fail to occur to you, that such civilities may 
be considered official rather than personal, and 
consequently that the incumbent's claims to them 
are merely nominal. 

JAMES MUNIIOE. 

To the I/on, John Holjnea.i^c. 



Jimwcr of the President. 
To ilit inhabitants of Concord , 

Fellow Citizens, 
Havini^ traversed mo?;t of the States on the 
allantic, I am hipfhly gratified to find in the inte- 
rior so much wealth and comfort, with the same 
ardent attachment to the civil institutions of our 
country. The correct moral habits I have seen, 
so strictly exhibited in the good order of society, 
mre amongst the best pledges to posterity, that 
they shall inherit the rich blessings of civil liber- 
ty which their fathers enjoy ; and that candid 

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and generous aispositions on p' 'ideal topics will 
pervade the community. Y.Air internal improve- 
ments I am led to observe are of'- great national 
importance. That th. , -.naj be ext< ndcd is my 
sincere wish ; and so far as I may be able, con- 
sistenly with my duty, t » pr)rj.tote an object so 
desirable, you may cal laf ■ my efforts. I 
thank you for the kind re ^.Jjtioii you have given 
me. It is grateful as a personal attention to 
myself, and highly gratilyiog as a proof of your 
attachment to the princip.cs of our government. 



JAMES MUNROE. 



Address of the Hon. Mr. Mason in behalf of the 
citizens of Portsmouth. 

To the President of the United States. 

Sia, 

The presence of the Chief Magistrate, select- 
ed for his eminent virtues and public services, 
to preside over and direct the councils of a great 
nation, must always excite feelings of the high- 
est interest. The inhabitants "of the town of 
Portsmouth, remote from the scat of the general 
government, can expect fev/ opportunities of 
witnessing such a gratifying scene. We there- 
fore easily embrace this fortunate occasion, to 
present our ardent and sincere congratulations. 

Engaged cbi^fiy in the business of commerce 
and navigation, v/e knew our destinies are, in a 
peculiar manner, dependent on the measures of 
that government, to which the protection of 
those important objects, is exclusively confided. 



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These enterprising pursuits, v/hich have alwayi 
been greatly contributory, to the general wel- 
fare, are now suffering under a general depres- 
sioux But we have certain confidence, that the 
wisdom and justice of government, will extend to 
them all the protection and support, that shall 
be in its power. 

To superintend and conduct the national coq- 
cerns, has always in free governments, been the 
favorite employment of the best and greatest 
men. 

By no other means can an individual of distin- 
guished talents so eminently promote the public 
good. 

The successful performance of such duties 
must, at all times, constitute a sure claim to the 
gratitude of a generous people. This, sir, is thr 
arduous and honorable service, which is entrust- 
ed to you, by the citlzen-s of the United States. 

Sensilile how greatly the national prosperity 
depends on the due administration of the govern- 
ment, wc recall to our recolleclion, witli much 
satisfaction, the numerous pledges of attnchment 
to the public intercut, fnrniehed by the history of 
yoar past life. It is our earnest hope that your 
administration, by perfecting our valuable insti- 
tutions, and by uniting public sentiment, and 
wisely directing it, to proper national objects, 
may fulfil the present happy anticipations, and 
thus establish on tirm brsis 3 our own and youP 
country's happiness, honor and glorv. 

J. MASON, 

In behalf of the citizens ofihe to-wn of Portsmouik^ 



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Pr€suhni\- anazver to the Committee of ike toziii of" 

Porisitiouth. 

Fellow Citizens, 

Accept Hiy best thanks for your kind recep- 
tion which is characterized by so many interest- 
ing- circumstance.'.;. 

This c:oneral movement of my fellow cit'zcns, 
and the expression of their regard for the Chief 
Magistrate of the nation, is not directed tome 
personally. Biy humble services give me no such 
clAim. I see in it the strongest evidence of their 
attachment to the free government under which 
v/e live, and of an enlig-htened and expanded pa- 
triotism from which the happiest effects may be 
anticipated. 

The regulation of commerce has, you justly 
remark, been confided by our excellent consti- 
tution to the general S'-overnment. From the 
manner in which that high trust has heretofore 
been discharged, the most salutary effects have 
been derived by every section of our happy un- 
ion. Occasional depressions ought not to excite 
surprise. Tliey are inseparably connected with 
liuraan affairs. It is our happy lot, from the abun- 
dance of our resources, to experience no seri- 
ous misfortune from any that have yet occurred. 
The attention of the general government, in its 
several branches, will be constantly directed to 
this object, and, as we have every reason to 
presume, with the desired success. It has been 
my ])roudest ambition from early youth, to serve 
my country, in such olficcs as my fellow citizens 
have thought fit to confide to me. It will be my 
most consoling reward, v.hen I retire from public 



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life, to find that my conduct has been such as to 
merit, and obtain their approbation. 

JAMES MUNROE. 



Address from the Executive of Xew-tlamToshirc. to 
the President of the United States. 

Epping^ July 1 8,' 1 8 1 7. 
Dear Sir, 

It is to me a subject of ranch regret that in 
your tour through N. H. I have been unable to 
pay you that respectful attention, and those per- 
sonal civilities, which 1 consider due both to 
your private character, and official station. You 
were verbally informed, while at Portsmouth, of 
my severe indisposition ; and I am now obliged 
to add, that I am still confined to my chamber and 
bed by an attack of the typus fever, which has 
not yet, I fear, reached its crisis. This unfortunate 
event has deprived me of the satisfaction of a 
personal interview with you ; and prevented me 
irom receiving a visit in this place, with which I 
had flattered myself that you would have honor- 
ed me. 

A military escort having been called out by the 
governors of some of the States, to accompany 
you through tliose parts of the country, I was 
desirous that the same tribute of respect should 
be paid to you on your passage through New- 
Hampshire. 

The power to call out such an escort seemed 
at first view incident to the nature of my office 
as Commander in Chief of the Militia ; yet so ac- 
curately is this command confined, and so cau- 
tiously restricted, by the prudence, or the jeal- 

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oiisj, of our State Constitution, that I kave n\i- 
tiiority at no tim- to order out the militia, ex- 
cept for certain known ohjocts particuhirly de- 
?i,,^:i!ited in the Consiitation, and bj the Uwi 
enacted under it. I liave tliought proper to make 
this statement, both in justice to my.^elf and to 
tlie State over which I preside, a state which 
yields to none in the union, either in attachment 
to the general g-oyernment, or in respect to the 
disiin^-uished individual, who, with its full con- 
sent aad approbation, lias been raised to the lirst 
o.Tice in the gift of the nation. 

This letter will be delivered to you by the Sec- 
retary of State. Had my health permitted I should 
have taken great pleasure in waiting upon you 
in person during the time you remained in this 
State, and suggested some cbjects of enquiry, 
w-hich might perhaps have merited your attention 
in this part of our common country. BvA in my 
present condition I can only add my sincere con- 
gratulations, and my best wishes for the success 
of3^our administration, which has commenced 
under circumstances peculiarly favorable to your- 
self and our beloved country. 

I have the honor to be with the highest per- 
sonal respect and esteem, 
Dear Sir, 

Your most obedient 
humble servant, 

WII.LIAM PLUMED. 

Jamks Mx\nPi.oe, President of the 
United States at Conzord^ A'*. //. 



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In behalf of the cilizrns of Hanover and the 
adj.icent tcwns, we beg leuve respectfully to ten- 
der to you our sincere congatulaiions on \oursute 
arrival at tliis place. 

Averse as we are in oar feelings r^nl litbits from 
any p.irade, inconsistent with the simplicity of our 
republican institutions, we are happy, that the 
tour of your t-xcellcncy? undertaken for the pro- 
motion of o'.vjects of great national importance, af- 
fords us ar. opportunity ol bidding \ ou a cordial 
■welcome to the banks of Connecticut, and the 
verge of the Green Mountains, the seat of one 
of t'.iose literary institutions by which our country is 
highly benefited and honoiably distinguished. A 
seminary which a few years since was planted in a 
wilderness, can exhi'jit to you no venerable antiqui- 
ties, nor proud monunients of the arts. Yet it can- 
rot fail to be regarded by you with interest, oa 
account of its relation to the principle* and per- 
manence of government. 

V\'e are happy to ofler, pei'sonally, that respect 
■vshichisdue to your elevated station, your euii- 
htrtt. public services and private virtues. It con- 
tiibulcsin no snnall degree, to the pleasure we 
enjoy on this occasion, that we meet the Chief 
Magistrate of the United States. in the style of a 
private citizen, distisguished from the rest of the 
cornnuinity by nr ne of the ordinnry badges of au- 
thority, and depending on no safe guards but the 
good wishes of his fellow citizens. We deem it 
singularly fortunate, that we see among us for the 
first time, a Chief Magistrate cf the nation, 
under circumstances, peculiarly to inspire feelings 
cf satisfaction and joy. A new and auspicious era 
seems to have commenced in our country. At the 
close of a war, in which our prowess in arms sheds 
uew lustre on the Amciican Republic, a spirit of 



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peace and harmony prevails among us. A n&tlonul 
feeling is exciLCvl, wiiicli must be productive of tiic 
hrippicst consequences. The uncximplcd progi-css 
of our country within the li^st thirty years, in popu- 
lation. and reiincment, the improvements in agricul- 
tore ^ manufactures, the hr-ppincss enjoyed by the 
people (-f (he United Staiesof America, under the 
benign influence of the federal constituiion. All 
contribute to strengthen the ties of union and give 
stability to our excellent political institutions. We 
sincerely congratulate you. Sir, that your election 
to the first office in the gift of our fellow citi'<<cns 
has occurred at a period so auspicious and inter- 
esting , under circumstances which not only e- 
vince the high sense which is entertained of your 
patriotism, zeal, and fidelity ; but furnish a sure 
guarantee of the impartiality and wisdom of your 
administration. That the blessings of heaven may 
attend you through life, that }ou may have the 
pleasure of seeing our beloved country prosperous 
and happy under your auspices ; and when you 
shall retire from the cares of public life that you 
may be followed into retirement by the esteem and 
affection of a virtuous and grateful peoi)le, is the 
iirdent wish of those in whose behalf we hzive the 
honor of addressing you. 

Dartmouth ViUa^^e, MILLS OLCOTT. 

Chairmen, Wm, H.^WOOD, BENJAMIN J. GIL- 
BERT, and AMOS A. BREWSTER. 
Li?yie. 
J.FRANKLIN, SALMON WASHBURNE, Z\- 
COB TURNER. Lebanon. 

DAVIL) HOUGH. ZIBA HUNTINGTON. 
Hartford. 
ELL\S LYMAN, GEORGE E. WALES. 

.A''or%vich. 
PIERCE BARTON, EBEN. BROWN. 

Hanover. 
JOSEPH CURTIS, JOHN DURKEE, 

Cojnmitiec o/arraT7gemcnt9. 



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Ths Preaidcnt^ ariswer tg thf. citizens of Haiio-oef. 
F E L L o "V Citizens. 
Your congratulations are the more acceptable, 
because they are the heartfelt expressions of your 
attach aient to cur inestimnble form of g'>vern.- 
Iiicat. J have not tlie pretention to arr ^g^te to 
m)self the emoli-ns or the seniiment nn- presence 
awakens. It recalls to yon yo-'-r form of govern- 
ment, and the rxalted civil and religious privil- 
eges yon so eniriently enjoy. 1 he cor.teniplation 
of lliese and the securiiy ) on ft-el in tlie continu- 
ance of such rich possessions, fills you with g^^ati- 
tude. The recollection of the trials of our coun- 
try, and the honorable rank to which these h:ive. 
raised her, inspires a laudable pride in your na- 
tion's honor, and it is to give utterance to the?e 
sentiments, and the em<Jtions they excite, that 
such public dciTionstrations of respect are render- 
ed to the Chief Magistrate of the country. I par- 
ticipate in the sentiment ; I sympathize with you 
in the emotions ; and I cannot thei-efore but take 
a deep interest in the Literary Seminary of this 
place ; for such institutions will long supply suc- 
ccbsive gc'iicratioris of v. iseaud Nirtuous men, who 
^vi!l knovv how to estimate and pve-erve the bles- 
sings of civil liberty, that their fathers shall be- 
queath to them. 

It is at an epocli like the present, when anhon- 
oraljle peace leaves no question to agitate the jiub- 
lie, that ihrougu Institutions like yours, the ex- 
panded benevolence and high sense of national 
honor, which are essential to public virtue, should 
be every where diffused as the means of union. 
These cannot fail to produce that iiational feeling, 
from which yuu anticipate so happy results. 

I cannot but acknowledge y(.ur expressions of 
personal regard and respect. That the blessings 
you invoke on me may abundantly descend upon 
yourselves and your children, for rniny genera- 
tions?, is truiv mv sincere and ardent wish. 

JAMES MUNROE 



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^iddrrss to the President of the United States 

from the younif ladies of the " Windsor Fcmal: 

Academy. y* 
Sir, 

Impressed with the high sense of the honor 
'O'hich the inhabitants of this Village receive, in 
being peiTrjitted to welcome the Chief Masistrate 
*f the Union, we beg leave in behalf of the Young 
Ladies of the Windsor Female Academy^ to pre- 
sent you our humble tribute of respect; which, 
although from the puerile female pen, will not, 
TVe trust, be uuacceptable, or deemed entirely be- 
neath your notice. 

While we regard the President of the Nation as 
the protector of our Country, the preserver of our 
rights and dearest privileges, and the guardian of 
our Literary Institutions, our hearts glow with 
feelings of gratitude, and we delight to address 
him by the endearing appellations of patron and 
friend. 

Permit us, sir, respectfully to congratulate you, 
on your safe arrival in the State of Vermont, and 
the present happy aiid prcspcrcus situation of tlic 
Country, over wiiich you are called to preside; 
that the olive of peice is now v/aving, where late- 
ly the clarion of war was heard, and that your en- 
trance upon public duty, both arduous and impor- 
tant, is, at a lime, when from thj general peace 
and tranquility that reigns, you can have leisure to 
pronvote ihe happiness and the literary attain- 
ments of tlie rising generation. 

We feci h;ppy, sir, that the visit by vvhich our 
nortiiern Slates have t^een so highly honored, has 
been undertaken at a time when every thing must 
have combined to render it pleasant to yourself; 
as well as to the people ; and we believe that their 
recepticvi of you has been, and will continue to be 
such, as is cor,i,onant to their views of respect for 
your private character, and the elevated station 
you have the honor, with so much dignity to fill, 
as President of the United States. 



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That you mav long live in tlve affections of a fret 
and enlk'htened people, and that success may 
crown ail vour exeiiions lor the public good, is 
the ardent' wish of many a patricUc altlio youth- 
ful female bobom- 

M\RYB. RP:ED, 

KLUiBER A I;. FAY, 
ELIZA L. KIMBALL, 
NANCY H. CHAMBERLAIN, 
CAROL'^E R. HALE, 
ELIZABETH PORTER. 
L'omiiittlte. 

Toivhich the President reiunied the folloiving 

Young Ladies, 
I beg vol! tv be assured, that no attention which 
I haveVcceived in the couise tf my j-airney, af- 
fcvded rr.e greater satisfaction, than that with 
which I have been honored by tiie young Ladies of 
the Femule Academ) of VN'indsor. I take a deep 
interest, as a parent at,d a citizen in che success 
of female education ; and have been deliglited 
•wherever 1 have been, to witness the attention 

paid to it. 

That you may be distinguished for your grace- 
ful and ust-.ful acquirements, and for every amiable 
\irtue, is the obj.ct of my sincere desire. Accept 
my best wishes for your happine; s. 

^ JAMES MUNROE. 



Address by Mr. Dunham, in behalf of the Com- 
mittee of arranifementdjfor receiving the Pres- 
ident ai li'ind^or. 

Sir, 
It is with equal pleasure and pride, that the 
citizens of Wi dsor, so remote from the seat of 
th« general government, eajbrace this opportuni- 



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ty of tendering to you in person, the linrnn;:;e cf 
their res].'ect: a lu^mage not the less !)ccoining the 
occasion since it is the best tribme which free- 
men can offer, and which the President of the 
United State, alone, of all the world, from a free 
pci-ple. can receive. 

The State of Vermont, Sir, after having alone, 
and successfully borne a signal share in the heat 
and burden of our revolutionary I'ibors, was the 
first to appreciate the importance of our federal 
CGw/2ac^ and to solicit admission into the national 
Union. Under that compact, in the sanctuary of 
that union, we are fn-e, we arc protected, we are 
flourishing and happy. Oar mountains echo with 
the cheerful voice of industry and security; our 
vallies smile with abundance and peace. These 
hissings are dear to our hearts. We habitually 
cherish them, as inseparable from our existence. 
In their defence, Sir, we have bled ; and we are 
still ready, whenever our country calls, to bleed 

AGAIN. 

^ In this tour, undertaken through a remote sec- 
tion of the Union, fur the additional security of 
our growing Republic, you have an opportunity to 
becf^Tie uioie intimately acquainted with our lo- 
cal feelings, our local interests, our lepnblican 
spirit ; and above all, our unshaken attachment to 
our national government, and our national institu- 
tions. 

We feel ourselves flattered by ih'xs first visit 
from the C:hief Magistrate of our nation; and, 
in beholding your face, sir, we bel-old a new plec'ge 
for the continuance of our invaluable blessings. 

Placed, sir, as you have fortunately been, in the 
Executive Chair, by the almost unanimous voice 
of your country, at an auspicious moment when 
peace is again restored; wlien the loud din of par- 
ty collission is dyii.g away, and when a general 
tyanquility seems pervading the world, we offer 
you our felicitations on the pleasing event. And 
>vhile we rejoice in } our opportunity, we rely on 



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your wisdom, to cooperate with our enligbtei 
patriots and legislators, in strengthening our i 
publican institutions, and under the guidance ci 
heaven, to fix, on a durable basis, the happyrdesti- 
nies of a great and rising empire. From our un- 
qualified respect to your personal character, as 
well^ as from the pledge to be found in a long life 
devoted to the public good, we have a right to an- 
ticipate the most pleasing results. In copying the 
illustrious examples of the great founders of our 
Republic, you c;-nnot fail to advance the best inter- 
ests and the true glory of our common country, 
and thus to erect in the hearts of our countrymen, 
an imperishable monument to your own fime. With 
such f jelings and with such views, in the name 
and in the behalf of the citizens of Windsor, we 
bid you a cordial welcome to this village and to 
the State of Vermont. 

AMSWER. 

Fellow Citizens, 

I have approached the State of Vermcnt with 
peculiar sensibility. On a former visit, immedi- 
ately after the war, I left it a wilderness ; and now 
I find it blooming with luxuriant promise of wealth 
and happiness to a numerous population. A brave 
and free people will never abandon the defence of 
their country. The patriotism of Vermont has 
been relied on in times of peril ; and the just ex- 
pectation of their vivtue whs honorably sustained. 
I shall ever rely on their wisdom in the councils 
of the nation., as on their courage in the field. 

The confidence now universally felt in the sta- 
bility and efficiency of our governmen: is the sur- 
est pledge, that gll judicious measures, adopted for 
the common good of the nation, will receive the 
cordial support of all honest and honorable men. 

I rejoice with you, that a just sense of the na- 
tional interests and more generous feelings per- 

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yade the couDtry. It is by cherishing these, witli 
a liberal refererice to the prosperity and happiness 
of the union, that the high destiny of our nation 
can be obtained. 

T lie true principles of our policy arc now well 
understood. The jjcople have only to main- 
tain them \wth vigor and economy and all the 
great object* of national concern, under a benign 
Prnvidence, will be secured to ourselves and our 
posterity, 

JAMES MUNROE. 



.iddress ^f the citizens of Burlington, Vt to the 
Frezidcnt of the United iitatts. 

Sir, 

VVe rejoice that the noise of war is lost in the 
busy arts of peace, that the citizen is lett to the 
honest pursuits of industry and enierpriHe, under a 
coufidence that his interest is identified with that 
c;f the public. But you will not believe us alarmed 
by idle fears, when we assure you that the recent 
events on this frontier have shewn us that whatev- 
er we hold dear, is jeopardized b;- the changes of 
war. The citizens of Vermont will not soon forget 
the memorable eleventh of Septen)ber 1S14-, nor 
fail to apprer.i.i»:e the worth of those who so val- 
iantly defended their country's flag: and secured to 
themselves immnjtal glory. The anxious solici- 
tude of that awful but glorious day, has lorcii)ly 
impicssea up(.n our iitinds the trutliofthe ])osiiiou 
that, '^ ficacc in the time to pre liar e fur war.'' 

The President's Uefily. 

Ff.LLOw Citizens, 
In entering the town of Burlington, I find myself 
in view ofa scene, associated in every bosom with 



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the tlcarest interests, and highest honor cf ihe 
country. The eventtul aciicn on your hike ard 
its invaded shores, can revev he contemplated 
^vithout the deepest emotion. It bound the union 
by stronger ties, if posbible than ever. It filled 
every breast with confidence in our arnns, and 
aroused the spirit oi our country. The proximity 
of these scenes shall animate your children to em- 
ulate the honorable eximp'e of their fathers. 

They too shall realize that in the hour of peril, 
their couiury shall never want defenders, reso- 
lute and brave as their ancestors, and iirna as the 
nu>»Jt>tain/di.it ga\ e them birth. 

Truly Tio nation his richer treasures of civil or 
relii^ious liberty to defend. None stronger tits to 
union, i'lul to t nlightencd and extended patriot- 
ism. Tliat a just sense rf these truths pen ndes 
the community is evinced in tbe resp< ct, \^hiclv 
you teniler to tie ( fiice of the Cluef Mf gJstrate 
c.fthe Country inmyierson. I l;e inii;rrtoT.t ob- 
jects of my tour becouie the mrie ii ttresting, ?% 
J find the frontitr m(.re ej.p('se(!. Vou may fer I 
assured ihat the government will not \vithht)ld r.ny 
practicable measures f « r the stcurit) (t v()ur 
town; nor have 1 (^e^ (Uubttd tliaf jrepariitif n 
for defence in lin.ef f peace, w(uld eNcr pro\e the 
besttccnomy in war. 

If in pursuirg these important obj'^rts and ad- 
ministering the govt rr.ment upon i)nncii->1es crn- 
sonant with the benign spirit of our constitniicT'i, 
my sincere and honest efturts should be crrui^-d, 
fisyou wish, with a.bunclunt success; it wid I;e a 
real gratification to m\self, that you and your 
State, will eminently participate in the beneficent 
rciiult. 

JAMESMUNRCEl. 



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The Prcsident''s arrival at Plattsbur^. 

On the 26th of Jiuie, the President of the 
United States arrived at rUittsburg-, N. Y. in the 
steam hoat, and was received by the Corpora- 
tion of the viHage with ever}'' mark of homage 
and respect. A national salute was fired, and 
Gen. Brown, Cols. Atkinson and knelling, with 
other officers attached themselves to the Presi- 
dent's snite. He v/as conducted to his quarters 
by a military escoit, where he was addressed in 
behalf of the Corporation by R. H. Walworth, 
Esq. to which the President made an extempor- 
aneous reply. He then reviewed the rrigular 
regiment stationed in that place, and afterwards 
called upon Col. Atkinson and Col. Sneiling. 



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7'he Pre&idext\ arrivalat Washington^ 

The President on his return to Washington, 
arrived on the confines of the District of Colum- 
bia, Sept. 17, 1817. He was met and welcom- 
ed by the Mayor of Gergetown and a deputation 
of the citizens, soon after he was escorted to the 
President's house in the city, by a cavalcade of 
citizens, joined by a troop of cavalry from Alex- 
andria, and artillery from Georgetown, where he 
was received in a cordial manner by the citi- 
zens and congratulated on their behalf by Gen. 
J. C. Van Ness, to which he returned an affec- 
tionate answer. 



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Address of Gen. J. C. Van A>«», in behalf of the 
citizens of Washington. — Verbally delivered. 

I am authorized and requested, Sir, by a num- 
ber of my fellow citizens who have the honor of 
attending- 3^ou on this occasion, to express to you 
our full confidence that the people of the dis- 
trict of Columbia, after having viewed with no 
common satisfaction your late tour amo»2'st a 
part of our countrymen ; a tour deriving addit- 
ional interest both from its manner and objects ; 
cordially congratulate you on your return to the 
METROPOLIS We should do injustice to our own 
feelings and sentiments, as well as to our imme- 
diate fellow citizens, if we were to regard with 
apparent indifference, even any of the public 
acts of one whose services and merits have ex- 
alted him to the first rank in our distinguished 
nation ; and we need not advert to the circum- 
stances constituting this more than ordmary oc- 
casion of that character. 

In our present reception of you, sir, whilst we 
greet you most affectionately, we, at the 
same time indulge in the exalted rellec- 
tion, that we are exercising a sacred privilege 
of treemen who whilst they have a right to ap- 
prove or applaud their public agents, are not 
coiiipclltd to do either^ and arc too proud to 
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Addre&fi by Benjamin G. Crr, Esq. M'cr^cr <f 
the City of 11 a^/iitigfon, /irefented in bthlxlf of 
the Cityy on the Freuideni^s return. 

Your fellow citizens and neighbors cannot re- 
ceive yon amongst them, after the interesting 
and usel^ul lour you have taken, without n?ing 
the occasion to demonstrate their high respect 
and attachment. 

The people, sir, in their undivided and un- 
restrained honors to their Chief Magistrate, have 
not only done justice to merit, hut have dons 
more : they have strengthened their government 
hj spontaneous manifestations of their happi- 
ness and unanimity. They have developed the 
highly interesting fact, that that system is best 
which interferes least with the rights inherent 
in an}^ rational creature, and which secures the 
blessings of civiiir.ation by the moral sense of the 
nation more than by the coercive arm of the civil 
and military power. In the tour which you 
havejust finished, we have sympathized with 
you in your f?itigues, and exulted with you in 
the extraordinary demonstrations of the nation's 
love, which, though sometimes oppressive, are 
always grateful. Despotic rulers obtain the 
adulations of slaves, whom by their vices, they 
have made miserable ; but yon, Irom the 
choice of a free and enlightened people, receive 
assurances of approbation and esteem from those 
you largely participate in rendering hnppy. 

The pleasure which your return affords us is 
auo-mented by the consideration that we have 
now the opportunity of addressing you in a di^ell- 
ing v/hich the nation has once more prepared 
for the reception and accommodation of the 



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Chief Magistrate of the United States. In thes^ 
sentiments the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and 
lioard of Common Council cordially unite with 
the citizens of Washington, in tendering you the 
welcome of friendship in the language of candor 
and in the fullness of affection aad confidence. 

B. G. ORR. 



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The Presidnt's Reply 

y'o l/ie Mayor, Board of Jldermen, and Board 
of Common Council oj the City of H'as/iing- 
ion. 

I cannot express in sufRcieritly strong terms^ tlie 
gratification which I feel in returning to the seat 
of government, after the long and very interest- 
ing tour, in which 1 have heen engaged ; and I 
heg you to be assured that nothing can contrib- 
ute more to (hssipate the fatigue' to which I hare 
been exposed, than the very cordial reception 
which has been given me bj my fellow citizens 
and neighbors, of tlie city and district. 

I shall always look back to the important in- 
cidents of my late tour with peculiar satisfaction. 
I Ijatter mvself that I have derived from it infer- 
mat'on which will be very useful in the dis- 
charge of thf: duties of the high trust confided to 
me ; and, in other res}*ects, it has afforded me 
the highest gratiiication. 

In all that j;ortion of the country through 

which i have passed, I have seen, with delight, 

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fellow citizens to the principles of our free re- 
publican government, and to our happy union. 

The spontaneous and independent manner in 
which the sentiments were dechired, by the great 
body of the people, with other marked circvim- 
stances attending them, satisfied me that they 
came from the heart. Unitr:i firmly in the sup- 
port of these great, these vital interests, we may 
fairly presume that all difficulty on minor ques- 
tions will disappear. 

In returning to the city of Washington I re- 
joice to find the public building intended for the 
accommodation of the Chief Magistrate, in a 
state to receive me, and to admit within it this 
friendly interriew with you. 

JAMES MUNROE. 



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